Behavioral headache treatment: History, review of the empirical literature, and methodological critique

Headache

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages

  Rains, Jeanetta C ^a,b   Penzien, Donald B ^c   McCrory, Douglas C ^d,e   Gray, Rebecca N ^d  

^a Elliot Hospital   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral; Biofeedback; Headache; Methodology; Review; Stress management

Indexed keywords

FLUNARIZINE; PROPRANOLOL;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIALS; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

EID: 20544454854     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2005.4502003.x     Document Type: Review

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