title: Treatment of a 15-year-old girl with chronic muscle-contraction headache using implosive therapy.
abstract: A 15-year-old girl with chronic muscle-contraction headache was treated initially using a behaviourally based headache programme. Little change in headache activity resulted. Implosive therapy was incorporated into treatment after the girl revealed a past episode of sexual abuse. A substantial reduction in headache activity was noted at post-treatment and follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Service (116B), VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Colletti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001242:Assertiveness; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006261:Headache / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007171:Implosive Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D009126:Muscle Relaxation; D012803:Sick Role