Situation-specific cognitive behavioural self-therapy for erroneously suspected allergy or intolerance to a food: a short self-assessment tool

Rebecca C. Knibb, David A. Booth

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Abstract

The recall of personal experiences relevant to a claim of food allergy or food intolerance is assessed by a psychologically validated tool for evidence that the suspected food could have caused the adverse symptom suffered. The tool looks at recall from memory of a particular episode or episodes when food was followed by symptoms resulting in self-diagnosis of food allergy or intolerance compared to merely theoretical knowledge that such symptoms could arise after eating the food. If there is detailed recall of events that point to the food as a potential cause of the symptom and the symptom is sufficiently serious, the tool user is recommended to seek testing at an allergy clinic or by the appropriate specialist for a non-allergic sensitivity. If what is recalled does not support the logical possibility of a causal connection between eating that food and occurrence of the symptom, then the user of the tool is pointed to other potential sources of the problem. The user is also recommended to investigate remedies other than avoidance of the food that had been blamed.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)439-442
Number of pages4
JournalAppetite
Volume57
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2011

Bibliographical note

NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Appetite. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Knibb, RC & Booth, DA, 'Situation-specific cognitive behavioural self-therapy for erroneously suspected allergy or intolerance to a food: a short self-assessment tool' Appetite, vol 57, no. 2 (2011) DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2011.06.006

Keywords

  • food allergy
  • assessment tool
  • self-diagnosis
  • intolerance

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