Integrative Headache Medicine

This practical and comprehensive title provides illuminating, evidence-based approaches in headache medicine for using traditional medical therapies in conjunction with alternative approaches to care.  In all, the book details how multidisciplinary management and the combination of conventional and complementary medical services ¿ integrative medicine ¿ leads to superior patient outcomes: improved patient satisfaction, reduced stress, and more readily treatable, less serious illness.   State-of-the-art and developed by experts in their fields, these 12 chapters present research and analysis of a wide range of non-pharmacologic interventions in headache care, seeking to inspire clinicians to formulate personalized headache treatment plans, and to work together by integrating their expertise in a multidisciplinary context to address patients¿ unique conditions, needs, circumstances, and treatment.

Chapter one provides an overview of integrative medicine and propos