Combined pharmacological and short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for probable medication overuse headache: A pilot study

Cephalalgia

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-299

  Altieri, M ^a,b   Di Giambattista, R ^b   Di Clemente, L ^b   Fagiolo, D ^c   Tarolla, E ^c   Mercurio, A ^b   Vicenzini, E ^b   Tarsitani, L ^c   Lenzi, G L ^b   Biondi, M ^c   Di Piero, V ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic migraine; Medication overuse headache; Pharmacological treatment; Psychiatric comorbidity; Short term psychodynamic psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALMOTRIPTAN; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; ELETRIPTAN; ERGOT DERIVATIVE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; KETOROLAC; LYSINE ACETYLATED; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; NIMESULIDE; PIROXICAM; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; RANITIDINE; RIZATRIPTAN; TOPIRAMATE; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; ZOLMITRIPTAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, SECONDARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF;

EID: 59149098298     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01717.x     Document Type: Article

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