Behavioral therapy for chronic migraine

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pistoia, Francesca ^a   Sacco, Simona ^a   Carolei, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioral therapy; Chronic migraine; Disability; Pain; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIFE EVENT; NEUROFEEDBACK; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TRAINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOCIAL STATUS; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRAINE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 84871131235     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-012-0304-9     Document Type: Article

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