Chronic 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.

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.

Chapter 1. Chronic Daily Headache: Do We Know It When We See It?.- Chapter 2. Refractory Headache or Refractory Patient? Issues of Locus of Control in Chronic Daily Headache (CDH).- Chapter 3. Collecting the History in the CDH Patients.- Chapter 4. Chronic Migraine: Epidemiology, Mechanisms, and Treatment.- Chapter 5. Yogi’s Headache: Chronic Tension Type Headache.- Chapter 6. Chronic Cluster Headaches.- Chapter 7. New Daily Persistent Headache.- Chapter 8. Chronic Secondary Headaches.- Chapter 9. Chronic Facial Pain and Other Chronic Neuralgias.- Chapter 10. CDH in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients.- Chapter 11. Imaging in CDH.- Chapter 12. Laboratory Investigation in CDH.- Chapter 13. Monitoring of Chronic Daily Headaches.- Chapter 14. Medication Overuse in Chronic Daily Headache.- Chapter 15. Optimizing Acute Headache Treatment in the Setting of Chronic Migraine.- Chapter 16. Pharmacologic Approaches to CDH - Evidence and Outcomes.- Chapter 17. Behavioral Approaches to CDH - Evidence and Outcomes.- Chapter 18. Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Chronic Daily Headache PART I:  Mind/Body.- Chapter 19. Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Chronic Daily Headache PART II:  Manipulation Based Therapies and Other CAM Therapies.- Chapter 20. Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Chronic Daily Headache PART III:  Nutraceuticals.- Chapter 21. Animal Models in Chronic Daily Headache (CDH) and Pathophysiology of CDH.- Chapter 22. Economic Impact of Chronic Headaches.- Chapter 23. From Episodic to Chronic: A Discussion on Headache Transformation.- Chapter 24. Chronic Daily Headache and Co-morbid Disorders.- Chapter 25. Neurostimulation in the Management of Chronic Migraine.- Chapter 26. Post-Surgical Headaches and Their Management.- Chapter 27. Chronic Daily Headache Classification.