title: Psychosocial assessment of chronic headache.
abstract: Chronic headache is often a crippling condition for those afflicted by it. The case of a headache sufferer is presented here against a framework that reviews the literature on the psychological, social, and familial issues related to the problem of chronic pain. The intent is to offer practitioners guidelines and a context within which clients with chronic headache can be understood and helped.
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010551:Personality; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods; D012803:Sick Role; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment