Headache: A 'suitable case' for behavioural treatment in primary care?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 536, 2007, Pages 231-237

  Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K ^a   Clark, Lucy V ^a   Dowson, Andrew J ^a   Jones, Roger ^a   Ridsdale, Leone ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Headache; Migraine; Primary care; Tension type headache; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MIGRAINE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847629902     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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