SAN FRANCISCO — Patients with inflammatory bowel disease remain at higher risk for mental health disorders, but training support staff to recognize the symptoms could be key to preventing further traumatization, noted a presenter here. “The mental health burden in IBD is really significant across most mental health conditions,” Katrina S. Hacker, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, said at Crohn’s & Colitis Congress.