Psychological Management of Chronic Headaches [Paperback]

Paul Martin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1572301228 | ISBN-13: 978-1572301221 | Publication Date: May 1, 1996

This volume describes how to manage benign recurring headaches, a category that includes migraines, tension and tension-type headaches, and combined or mixed headaches. The management strategy delineated is based on functional analysis, emphasizing the controlling variables of headaches or the factors that determine the variance in headache activity. Encompassing psychosocial and developmental factors, treatment is driven by the results of the functional assessment, so an individualized rather than standardized approach is proposed.
This text will be invaluable for clinicians, and the book's strong research orientation will also interest researchers. The book is essential for psychologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, general/family practice doctors, and other medical specialists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and counselors.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This is an exceptional volume that succeeds in synthesizing research with treatment of the very common but extremely difficult problem of chronic headaches. Rarely does an author write a text that will be of equal interest to health care providers and clinical investigators. In this provocative book, Dr. Paul R. Martin provides a unique instance of the exception to the rule. He has written a comprehensive and systematic review of the literature on chronic headaches specifying the many inconsistencies in the available research, identifying alternative explanations for the equivocal results of studies, and suggesting questions that remain to be answered. The systematic review and critique of the literature presented in this volume will provide clinical investigators with many new insights and should generate a multitude of research studies.

On the basis of available data, Dr. Martin presents a functional approach to the assessment and treatment of chronic headaches that integrates current state of knowledge into a practical therapeutic intervention. Health care providers will find a great deal of assistance in their clinical activities. The clinical material is prescriptive and presented in sufficient depth so that it can be readily translatable into the practice of any health care provider.

This outstanding volume should be required reading for any health care professional who conducts research or treats people with recalcitrant headaches. Dr. Martin has made a major contribution to our understanding of chronic headaches and suggested a practical and promising approach to treatment for this population." --Dennis C. Turk, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

"This comprehensive survey of literature will serve as a helpful reference for clinicians and researchers interested in psychological factors in headache. The reader is likely to find much of interest here. The clinical advice offered is often provocative and helpful. The research summaries helpfully organize relevant findings. And the functional model of headache is likely to stimulate both clinicians and researchers to pay greater attention to variables that influence headache episodes. Irrespective of whether the reader accepts or rejects the functional model of headache Dr. Martin offers here, they are likely to find the research summaries and clinical material presented of interest." --Kenneth A. Holroyd, Ph.D., Ohio University

"Psychological Management of Chronic Headaches outlines a much-needed systemic perspective for the management of chronic headache disorders. The author carefully identifies the complex determinants of migraine and tension-type headache symptoms and provides the clinician with a functional framework for organizing interventions for the individual patient. The presentation is thorough and personal and reflects the author's extensive empirical and clinical experience with headache sufferers." --Donald Bakal, Ph.D., University of Calgary

About the Author

Paul R. Martin, D. Phil., is associate professor of psychology at the University of Western Australia. He has been involved in headache research for many years and maintains a clinical practice with a specialty in behavioral medicine. A past President of the Australian Behaviour Modification Association, he has given a number of keynote addresses and workshops on headaches at international conferences.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 266 pages
• Publisher: Guilford Press (May 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572301228
• ISBN-13: 978-1572301221
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,577,328 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #64 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Disorders & Diseases > Headaches

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