Headache: a 'suitable case' for behavioural treatment in primary care?
Authors: Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K.1; Clark, Lucy V.1; Dowson, Andrew J.1; Jones, Roger1; Ridsdale, Leone1
Source: British Journal of General Practice, Volume 57, Number 536, March 2007 , pp. 231-237(7)
Abstract:
Headache is a health problem with considerable impact at personal, social, and financial levels in terms of distress, disability, and cost. In the past, many studies have investigated the use of various behavioural treatment modalities for headache. Literature reviews consistently support the effectiveness of behavioural therapeutic approaches for the treatment of the most common primary headaches, namely migraine and tension-type headache. This article recommends that behavioural headache therapies should be developed, tested, and integrated into primary care practice, where most patients with headache are seen and treated. The large population seen in general practice, most of whom have uncomplicated primary headaches, could represent the ideal target for testing behavioural therapies.Keywords: BEHAVIOUR; HEADACHE; MIGRAINE; PRIMARY CARE; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; THERAPY
Document Type: Regular paper
Affiliations: 1: Department of General Practice and Primary Care, King's College, London
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