Understanding and Promoting Resiliency in Patients with Chronic Headache

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-7

  Stonnington, Cynthia M ^a   Kothari, Dhwani J ^b   Davis, Mary C ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Functional health; Headache; Resilience; Self efficacy; Values based action

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC HEADACHE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONALITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEADACHE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MINDFULNESS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN; PAIN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COGNITION; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84951870298     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-015-0609-2     Document Type: Review

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