Smitherman / Penzien / Houle Headache

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-61676-328-2
Verlag: Hogrefe Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 127 Seiten

Reihe: Advances in Psychotherapy - Evidence-Based Practice

The conceptualization, assessment, and evidence-based behavioral treatment of migraine and headache – how to ensure optimal outcomes with two of the most common medical conditions in the world.
This book describes the conceptualization, assessment, and evidence-based behavioral treatment of migraine and tension-type headache – two of the world’s most common medical conditions, and also frequent, highly disabling comorbidities among psychiatric patients.
Headache disorders at their core are neurobiological phenomena, but numerous behavioral factors play an integral role in their onset and maintenance – and many providers are unfamiliar with how to work effectively with these patients to ensure optimal outcomes.
This book, the first major work on behavioral treatment of headache in over 20 years, provides much-needed help: An overview of relevant psychological factors and the behavioral conceptualization of headache is followed by a step-by-step, manual-type guide to implementing behavioral interventions within clinical practice settings. Mental health practitioners and trainees and other healthcare professionals who want to improve their headache patients’ outcomes by supplementing routine medical treatment with empirically supported behavioral strategies will find this book invaluable.
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Autoren/Hrsg.

Smitherman, Todd A.

Smitherman, Todd

Penzien, Donald B.

Houle, Timothy T.

Rains, Jeanetta C.

Nicholson, Robert A

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Allgemeinmedizin, Familienmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Headache;1
1.1;Table of Contents;12
2;1 Description;16
3;2 Theories and Models;34
4;3 Diagnosis and Treatment Indications;42
5;4 Treatment;55
6;5 Conclusion;96
7;6 Further Reading;97
8;7 References;99
9;8 Appendix: Tools and Resources;108

Leseproben

Preface (p. vii-viii)

This book describes the conceptualization, assessment, and empirically supported treatment of headache from a behavioral perspective. Though headache most certainly is at its core a neurobiological phenomenon, a large and ever-growing body of research indicates that behavioral factors (e.g., stress, psychiatric comorbidities, coping skills, cognitions) play an integral role in the onset and maintenance of headache disorders over time. Many mental health providers encounter headache as a common and disabling comorbidity among their psychiatric patients but lack the knowledge of how to effectively work with headache patients. Hundreds of studies over the past 4 decades have amply established the efficacy of behavioral therapies for headache disorders as well as the relevance of psychological/behavioral factors in headache. This book reviews the relevant psychological factors and describes how to implement efficacious behavioral interventions for headache within clinical practice settings. The intended audience is principally mental/behavioral health practitioners and trainees who want to know how to implement these interventions with their patients. This volume is also useful for other health care professionals wishing to supplement routine medical treatment of headache patients with empirically supported behavioral strategies. Basic familiarity with psychological principles of behavior change is assumed.

This book is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 describes the most common primary headache disorders, differentiating migraine and tension-type headache from each other and from other headache disorders, reviewing common comorbid conditions, and outlining empirically supported assessment strategies. Chapter 2 gives an overview of the pathophysiology of migraine and the behavioral conceptualization of headache. Chapter 3 presents a framework for conducting a diagnostic assessment and identifying factors affecting a patient’s suitability for and response to treatment. Chapter 4 presents a stepby-step, manual-type guide to implementing the various interventions. This chapter includes a review of treatment efficacy and mechanisms of action, variations on the standard format of delivery, and strategies for addressing common problems in treatment. Chapter 5 provides a broad summary of the prior chapters. The Appendix provides a set of useful assessment and treatment forms and handouts.

Although tension-type headache is the most common of the primary headache disorders, migraine is the most common diagnosis among those who present for headache treatment within clinical settings. As such, the bulk of this volume focuses on migraine and migraine-specific comorbidities.

However, the relevance and adaptation of assessment and treatment strategies for tension-type headache are integrated into various sections when appropriate and supported empirically. Although behavioral interventions are highly efficacious for children with headache, the primary focus herein is on adults with headache disorders; considerations for child and adolescent patients are incorporated when appropriate. This volume outlines multiple behavioral strategies and interventions but is not intended as a one-size-fits-all, cookbooktype manual. The clinician is instead encouraged to individualize and select interventions tailored to patient needs, resources, and other considerations. As such, this volume is intended to provide a structured approach that can be adapted across multiple clinical contexts and among a variety of headache patients.