- Written by renowned experts in the field
- Comprehensive in scope
- Offers state of the art guidance on both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapy
- Examine key social and economic issues around chronic daily headache
This comprehensive, practical title invites all clinicians to take a fresh look at the evaluation and management of chronic daily headache (CDH). Developed by a distinguished international panel of experts, the book examines key social and economic issues around CDH and clarifies the diagnosis of CDH disorders, providing an understanding of the underlying biological substrates, offering guidance on the use of diagnostic testing and additional consultations, and outlining treatment strategies with the greatest potential to alleviate the burden of these patients and to provide the highest quality of care.
The book fully examines the constellation of symptoms that constitute chronic daily headache, while also discussing the role of behavioral medicine and the important elements involved in taking a good history.
The major forms and biology of chronic daily headache are covered, as is the role of diagnostic testing and treatment. The risk factors that lead patients to transform episodic primary headache disorders into the chronic form are examined. Invasive and neuromodulatory techniques are also discussed. A section on the classification of these disorders rounds out this important contribution to the literature.
Chronic Headache – A Comprehensive Guide to Evaluation and Management will be of great interest to neurologists, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, medical students, and other clinicians with an interest in chronic daily headache.
Table of Contents- 1 Chronic Daily Headache: Do We Know It When We See It?
- 2 Refractory Headache or Refractory Patient? Issues of Locus of Control in Chronic Daily Headache (CDH)
- 3 Collecting the History in the CDH Patients
- 4 Chronic Migraine: Epidemiology, Mechanisms, and Treatment
- 5 Yogi’s Headache: Chronic Tension Type Headache
- 6 Chronic Cluster Headaches
- 7 New Daily Persistent Headache
- 8 Chronic Secondary Headaches
- 9 Chronic Facial Pain and Other Chronic Neuralgias
- 10 CDH in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients
- 11 Imaging in CDH
- 12 Laboratory Investigation in CDH
- 13 Monitoring of Chronic Daily Headaches
- 14 Medication Overuse in Chronic Daily Headache
- 15 Optimizing Acute Headache Treatment in the Setting of Chronic Migraine
- 16 Pharmacologic Approaches to CDH - Evidence and Outcomes
- 17 Behavioral Approaches to CDH - Evidence and Outcomes
- 18 Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Chronic Daily Headache
PART I: Mind/Body - 19 Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Chronic Daily Headache
PART II: Manipulation Based Therapies and Other CAM Therapies - 20 Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Chronic Daily Headache
PART III: Nutraceuticals - 21 Animal Models in Chronic Daily Headache (CDH) and Pathophysiology of CDH
- 22 Economic Impact of Chronic Headaches
- 23 From Episodic to Chronic: A Discussion on Headache Transformation
- 24 Chronic Daily Headache and Co-morbid Disorders
- 25 Neurostimulation in the Management of Chronic Migraine
- 26 Post-Surgical Headaches and Their Management
- 27 Chronic Daily Headache Classification
