Ayble Health Unveils Mind-Gut Program Addressing the Link Between Mental Health and Digestive Health
Ayble Health Unveils Mind-Gut Program Addressing the Link Between Mental Health and Digestive Health
- Ayble is the first company to combine nutrition and psychology for digestive health patients, powered by AI and personalized for every user
- Built by world-leading GI psychologists and backed by extensive research, Ayble’s mind-gut program helps users break the frustrating cycle of stress and gut symptoms
BOSTON, Oct. 23, 2023 — Ayble Health, a digital health platform for patients with chronic gastrointestinal (GI) conditions, today announced the launch of its novel Mind-Gut program. The app-based program guides users through skill-building exercises aimed at retraining the connection between the mind and gut to ease uncomfortable GI symptoms and improve the quality of life for the 70 million Americans who live with digestive health conditions.
The role of daily stress as a trigger for GI symptoms is well-established. Stress exacerbates gut inflammation, has a direct effect on gut motility, and can precipitate or worsen symptoms in disorders of gut-brain interaction like irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. In fact, mental health comorbidities frequently accompany GI diagnoses, underscoring the intricate link between our brain and digestive system. Studies show that up to 40% of people with chronic GI conditions also experience anxiety or depression, which is 2x higher than the general population. More often than not, the GI condition itself becomes a main source of stress, worry, or mood changes especially when symptoms don’t respond to pharmacological treatments.
GI psychologists play a pivotal role in understanding and addressing the intricate relationship between the mind and gut for digestive health patients. They use evidence-based therapeutic techniques with patients that lead to significant improvements in GI symptoms. However, there's a dramatic shortage of GI-specialized mental health practitioners. By some estimates, fewer than 150 GI-specialized psychologists or social workers are actively practicing in the United States today, exacerbating an accessibility crisis for those seeking integrated care. When patients face limited access and are placed on lengthy provider waitlists, innovative solutions like Ayble’s Mind-Gut program can fill the gap by offering essential skills and support in real time.
In an industry-first, each user's journey with the Ayble program is personalized through artificial intelligence and expert health coach guidance. During the program, users are guided through evidence-based brain-gut behavioral therapy techniques including, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Gut-directed Hypnosis. Through the combination of autonomic nervous system relaxation, gut-directed hypnosis, and skill-building exercises designed to reduce the mental health burden and quality of life impacts of gut symptoms, Ayble’s Mind-Gut program can retrain the miscommunication along the brain-gut axis and reduce gut symptoms like pain, bloating, and altered bowel habits.
Ayble’s Mind-Gut program seamlessly integrates with its nutrition program, offering digestive health patients a uniquely tailored, AI-powered, holistic care experience, making Ayble the most comprehensive digestive health program on the market.
"Ayble is the first platform that combines the leading evidence-based brain-gut behavioral therapy techniques in a personalized manner. Combined with our coaching and nutrition program, we provide the right intervention at the right time for each user,” said Sam Jactel, founder and CEO, Ayble. “One size truly fits none: through our comprehensive ecosystem of care, we’re empowering patients to reclaim control over their digestive symptoms. “
Available directly to consumers as well as through employers and health plans, the Ayble app not only drives improved outcomes for those with digestive health conditions, but lowers costs for both patients and the healthcare system.
“I’m proud to have played a role in developing Ayble’s Mind-Gut program. We designed it to be closely aligned with the treatment a patient would normally get with a GI psychologist,” said Tiffany Taft, Chief Psychologist at Oak Park Behavioral Medicine and Ayble advisor. “Rather than focusing on one specific brain-gut behavioral therapy approach, the app offers a variety of strategies that tend to be most effective with patients in real-world clinical practice.”
“The integration of Ayble’s Mind-Gut program with the existing diet program will bridge a massive gap that exists between integrated dietary and mental health care that is critical for a holistic approach to help those living with chronic digestive conditions,” said Dr. Stephen Lupe, Clinical Health Psychologist and Director of Behavioral Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Lupe also had a hand in developing the Ayble Mind-Gut program as one of the company’s trusted advisors.
Abyle’s mind-gut program is based on nearly 30 years of brain-gut psychophysiology research and the experiences of GI psychologists who deliver direct patient care, both in academic medical centers and the community. The Ayble app combines the most comprehensive GI behavioral health database in the world with proprietary machine learning algorithms to build personalized, predictive care for every person. Ayble’s 14 published studies (including a series of Randomized Controlled Trials) show more than 84% of GI patients gain significant long-term symptom control by using both nutrition and psychotherapy through the Ayble platform. The Mind-Gut program’s efficacy surpasses traditional in-person psychological support.
Ayble is the first and only gastroenterology company accredited by the American Nutrition Association and the Validation Institute. In its Outcomes Report, the Institute highlighted that Ayble Health’s precision nutrition program is 2x more effective than in-person or virtual dietetics and drives 40% better adherence to recommendations.
About Ayble Health
Ayble Health is a digital health platform empowering patients with chronic GI conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to manage their care beyond the pill. Ayble combines the largest GI behavioral health database in the world with its proprietary machine learning algorithms to build personalized, predictive care for every patient - all with the human touch of a licensed care team. Ayble’s platform is built on 20 years of research, including publications in Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Clinical & Translational Gastroenterology, and it is accredited by the American Nutrition Association. Patients can find Ayble through their physician partners, employers, insurers or directly online. Visit ayblehealth.com.
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