Publication Name	World Journal of Psychiatry
Manuscript ID	119197
Country	China

Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Meta-Analysis
Article Title	Efficacy of psychotherapies in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Qi-Wen Fu, Yu-Lin Jiang, Xin-Yi Ge and Jian-Hua Yang
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number the Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation No. 20242BAB25581
Corresponding Author	Jian-Hua Yang, Associate Professor, PhD, Department of Physiology，School of Basic Medicine, Jiangxi Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang university, No. 461 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China. jianhuayang_ncu@163.com
Key Words	Inflammatory bowel disease; Psychotherapy; Cognitive behavioural therapy; Quality of life; Anxiety; Depression; Randomized controlled trials; Systemic review; Meta-analysis
Core Tip	The gut-brain axis may explain why psychotherapies benefit patients with inflammatory bowel disease beyond symptom control. This meta-analysis integrates randomized evidence across disease-specific quality of life and psychological, clinical, and inflammatory outcomes. Psychotherapy shows the most consistent gains in patient-reported outcomes, particularly in the emotional and systemic quality-of-life domains, with modest improvements in anxiety and depression. In contrast, the effects on disease activity and systemic inflammatory markers are limited. These findings support psychotherapy as adjunctive inflammatory bowel disease care and underscore priorities for future trials, including standardized outcomes, longer follow-up, and gut-specific biomarkers.
Citation	Fu QW, Jiang YL, Ge XY, Yang JH. Efficacy of psychotherapies in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. World J Psychiatry 2026; In press

Received	2026-01-22 06:15
Peer-Review Started	2026-01-22 06:16
First Decision by Editorial Office Director	2026-02-03 11:07
Return for Revision	2026-02-03 12:01
Revised	2026-02-24 18:56
Publication Fee Transferred	2026-02-28 03:35
Second Decision by Editor	2026-04-20 02:56
Second Decision by Editor-in-Chief
Final Decision by Editorial Office Director	2026-04-20 10:46
Articles in Press	2026-04-20 10:46
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2026-04-21 10:07
Typeset the Manuscript

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