Frontmatter — Authors — Contents — Introduction — Psychosocial aspects of functional gastrointestinal disorders — Abdominal pain in gastrointestinal disorders — differences between IBS and other gastrointestinal disorders — Visceral sensitivity: What are the perspectives for the clinician? — Efficacy of Duspatalin® 200 mg in patients with irritable bowel syndrome: Results of a descriptive study on various symptom subgroups — Clinical experience with mebeverine 200 mg