The Neuropsychiatry of Headache

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Mark W. Green, Philip R. Muskin
Cambridge University Press, Mar 7, 2013 - Health & Fitness - 176 pages
Whilst the vast majority of headaches are minor ailments, some patients develop chronic symptoms that have psychiatric dimensions. These symptoms can be immensely challenging to manage and can have a serious impact on the patient's quality of life. The relationship between headache and psychiatric disease is often rationalized as cause and effect; however, the interplay between the two is complex. Management of each of the co-morbid disorders affects the other one in positive and/or negative ways. The Neuropsychiatry of Headache details the current concepts of various headache conditions and the psychiatric syndromes; topics covered include migraine, mood disorders, medication overuse and personality disorders. Headache specialists, neurologists, psychiatrists, neuropsychiatrists and neuropsychologists will find this an invaluable resource for understanding and co-managing these conditions.
 

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Epidemiology of the psychiatric comorbidities The neuropsychiatry of psychosis
75
and Richard B Lipton Chronic daily headache
95
Mark W Green 10 Stress management
106
Mood disorder and headache 30 disorders in the headache patient
119
Anxiety disorders and primary headache 42
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Somatoform disorders and headache
149
Drug dependence in headache
164
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Mark W. Green is Professor of Neurology, Anesthesiology and Rehabilitation Medicine, and Director of Headache and Pain Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA. Philip R. Muskin is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chief of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at the Columbia University Medical Center of the New York Presbyterian Hospital, and a faculty member of the Columbia University Psychoanalytic Center for Research and Training, New York, USA.

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