DecisionPoint Behavioral Health Announces Collaborative Agreement with Pharmaceutical Company Glaxo SmithKline (GSK)

Rochester, MN – March 7, 2007 – DecisionPoint Behavioral Health is pleased to provide behavioral and health behavior change expertise to Glaxo SmithKline (GSK) as GSK seeks to develop and distribute written and online educational materials to patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

Irritable bowel syndrome is a disorder characterized most commonly by cramping, abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, and diarrhea. IBS causes a great deal of discomfort and distress.  Most people can control their symptoms with diet, stress management, and prescribed medications. For some people, however, IBS can be disabling. They may be unable to work, attend social events, or even travel short distances.  As many as 20 percent of the adult population, or one in five Americans, has symptoms of IBS, making it one of the most common disorders diagnosed by doctors. It occurs more often in women than in men, and it begins before the age of 35 in about 50 percent of people.

Successful treatment of IBS involves proper medical evaluation and diagnosis, adherence to medical recommendations, dietary changes, changes in lifestyle and identification and modification of stressful factors in the life of a patient with IBS. Each component of treatment requires alteration of health related attitudes, ideas and behaviors.  DecisionPoint Behavioral Health is pleased to be able to provide this expertise to Glaxo SmithKline as it produces its patient education materials.

DecisionPoint Behavioral Health is dedicated to delivering exceptional clinical and consulting services to patients and clients. The mission of DecisionPoint Behavioral Health is to enhance the life of every patient seen by asking patients to become partners in their own care, then providing high quality, scientifically-based, confidential and private psychological services in a timely and efficient manner. DecisionPoint Behavioral Health is staffed by highly trained and experienced professionals and delivers strong, measurable clinical results. We believe helping patients requires proven expertise using the latest assessment and treatment techniques and methods applied to each patient's unique needs.