CHRONIC HEADACHE. A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

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

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.

Features:
• Written by renowned experts in the field
• Comprehensive in scope
• Offers state of the art guidance on both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapy
• Examine key social and economic issues around chronic daily headache

Authors
• Mark W. Green MD, FAAN Professor of Neurology, Anesthesiology, and Rehabilitation MedicineDirector of Headache and Pain MedicineIcahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai
• Robert Cowan, MDDirector, Stanford Headache and Facial Pain ClinicDepartment of Neurology & Neurological SciencesStanford School of MedicineStanford, CA
• Frederick G. Freitag, DOAssociate Professor NeurologyMedical College of WisconsinMilwaukee, WI