Clinician's guide to chronic headache and facial pain / / edited by Gary W. Jay

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824413003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Informa Healthcare, 2010
• ISBN: 0-429-10407-3; 1-282-44477-8; 9786612444777; 1-4398-2489-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (338 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): JayGary W
• Disciplina: 616.8/491
• Soggetti: Headache; Facial pain
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1. Migraine; Chapter 2. Tension-Type Headache; Chapter 3. Posttraumatic Headache; Chapter 4. Cervicogenic Headache; Chapter 5. Cluster Headache; Chapter 6. Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias; Chapter 7. Trigeminal Neuralgia; Chapter 8. Trigeminal Neuralgia; Chapter 9. Orofacial Pain Syndromes and Other Facial Neuralgias; Chapter 10. Psychological Aspects of Chronic Noncancer Pain; Chapter 11. Neuropsychological Aspects of Neuropathic Pain; Chapter 12. Interdisciplinary Treatment of Chronic Noncancer Pain; Chapter 13. Interventional Pain Medicine in the Treatment of Chronic Noncancer Pain - An UpdateChapter 14. Acupuncture; Chapter 15. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the Management of Chronic Pain; Chapter 16. Nonopiate Analgesics and Adjuvants; Chapter 17. Opioid Medications and Correct Medical Usage - An Update; Chapter 18. Legal Issues in Pain Management; Chapter 19. Antidepressant Medications; Chapter 20. Anticonvulsant Medications; Chapter 21. Migraine Medications; Index; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: As headache and facial pain are two of the most common medical complaints, it is essential that clinicians are well equipped to handle ; these issues. Clinician's Guide to Chronic Headache and Facial Pain is designed for all clinicians dealing with these syndromes in daily practice-whether in the outpatient, emergency, or ambulatory setting. Features:Presents the advice of 12 experts with considerable experience in headache and facial pain managementContains evidence-based chapters derived from past successes and failures and including clear, concise statistical outcomesReviews both traditional