Synopsis
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 health care professionals who want to improve their headache patients' outcomes by supplementing routine medical treatment with empirically supported behavioral strategies will find this book invaluable.
About the Author
Todd A. Smitherman, PhD, FAHS, is Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Behavioral Medicine in the
Department of Psychology at the University of Mississippi and has published extensively on psychiatric comorbidities
and other behavioral issues in headache disorders. Dr. Smitherman serves as Associate Editor for the journal
Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, is a Fellow of the American Headache Society and Chair of its Behavioral
Issues Section.
Donald B. Penzien, PhD, FAHS, is widely recognized for his expertise and contributions in headache research methodologies
and development of cost-efficient behavioral interventions for headache (i.e., limited therapist-contact
therapies). He presently serves as Professor of Anesthesiology at the Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-
Salem, NC. He is a Fellow of the American Headache Society and the Society of Behavioral Medicine and is Associate
Editor for Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain.
Jeanetta C. Rains, PhD, FAHS, is Clinical Director of the Center for Sleep Evaluation at Elliot Hospital in Manchester,
NH. She is Fellow of the American Board of Sleep Medicine, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the
American Headache Society. She is a leading authority in the field of headache and sleep medicine, having worked
in this area since 1991. She is Associate Editor for Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain.
Robert A. Nicholson, PhD, FAHS, is Director of Research for Mercy Health System and Director of Behavioral Medicine
at Mercy Health Research and Mercy Clinic Headache Center, St. Louis, MO. His research and clinical focus is on use
of maximally effective patient communication strategies for prevention and management of migraine.
Timothy T. Houle; PhD, is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Neurology at Wake Forest School of Medicine
in Winston-Salem, NC. He has published numerous articles and book chapters addressing chronic pain and the
triggers of headache. He is a Statistical Consultant for the journal Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain and
Statistical Editor for the journal Anesthesiology.
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