The role of psychometric testing and psychological treatment in tension-type headache

London, Lorna H.; Shulman, Bernard H.; Diamond, Seymour

doi:10.1007/s11916-001-0059-1

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“…Although there have been recent efforts to develop brief screening instruments to diagnose migraine headache, 17,18 most clinicians rely on traditional assessment strategies that involve the elements noted below. These approaches are quite similar across settings and have been shown to be effective in headache diagnosis in both adults 19,20 and children. 21 Headache Intensity.-Headache severity has typically been recorded either on a 4-point or on a 10-point scale.…”

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Psychological Assessment of the Headache Patient

Weeks

Weier²

2006

Headache

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Most clinicians agree that psychological factors are important considerations in the evaluation and treatment of headache patients. There has been a lack of systematic research, however, that has examined the relationship between these variables. Attention to such factors may become a greater concern as the frequency of a patient's headaches increases, there is increased disability secondary to headaches, and/or there is an inadequate response to usually effective treatment. In addition, there is no consensus as to the proper method to assess psychopathology in headache patients.

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Psychological Assessment of the Headache Patient

Weeks

Weier²

2006

Headache

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“…Psychiatric comorbidity should be analyzed carefully in the diagnostic process so that the best treatment options are chosen. A psychologic evaluation is the conditio qua non for a complete framework of patients with CDH and for tailoring the treatment according to the peculiarities of the case [78,79].…”

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Psychiatric comorbidity in chronic daily headache: Pathophysiology, etiology, and diagnosis

Guidetti¹,

Galli²

2002

Current Science Inc

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Chronic daily headache is a challenge for clinical practitioners and researchers. Etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of chronic daily headache present many questions that need answers. A chance occurrence of psychiatric disorders (mostly anxiety and mood disorders) in patients with chronic daily headache should not be excluded. This results in the need to understand the involved mechanisms, which requires us to draw new insights into the etiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of chronic daily headache. Psychiatric comorbidity seems to be cross-related to each of these dimensions, although the meanings need to be drawn. Each domain is discussed, considering the status of knowledge and stressing the future lines of research.

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“…4 Although current opinion suggests that insomnia and anxiety are separate entities, their symptoms overlap considerably. Individuals with insomnia and individuals with anxiety have elevated psychosomatic profiles on psychological tests, [6][7][8] maintain chronically high states of arousal, and rely on an "internalizing" style of conflict resolution ACUPUNCTURE, INSOMNIA, AND ANXIETY (DSM-IV, 4th Edition). 9 These commonalities have prompted speculation 10 that a common thread underlies the conditions, although their exact relationship, namely whether insomnia is the product of or simply a correlate of anxiety, is still inconsistently viewed in current diagnostic systems (i.e., the ICD-10, DSM-IV and ICSD [International Classification of Sleep Disorders]).…”

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Acupuncture Increases Nocturnal Melatonin Secretion and Reduces Insomnia and Anxiety: A Preliminary Report

Spence¹,

Kayumov²,

Chen³

et al. 2004

JNP

161

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The response to acupuncture of 18 anxious adult subjects who complained of insomnia was assessed in an open prepost clinical trial study. Five weeks of acupuncture treatment was associated with a significant (p = 0.002) nocturnal increase in endogenous melatonin secretion (as measured in urine) and significant improvements in polysomnographic measures of sleep onset latency (p = 0.003), arousal index (p = 0.001), total sleep time (p = 0.001), and sleep efficiency (p = 0.002). Significant reductions in state (p = 0.049) and trait (p = 0.004) anxiety scores were also found. These objective findings are consistent with clinical reports of acupuncture's relaxant effects. Acupuncture treatment may be of value for some categories of anxious patients with insomnia.

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The role of psychometric testing and psychological treatment in tension-type headache

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

Psychological Assessment of the Headache Patient

Psychological Assessment of the Headache Patient

Psychiatric comorbidity in chronic daily headache: Pathophysiology, etiology, and diagnosis

Acupuncture Increases Nocturnal Melatonin Secretion and Reduces Insomnia and Anxiety: A Preliminary Report

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