title: Psychological assessment of the headache patient.
abstract: Most clinicians agree that psychological factors are important considerations in the evaluation and treatment of headache patients. There has been a lack of systematic research, however, that has examined the relationship between these variables. Attention to such factors may become a greater concern as the frequency of a patient's headaches increases, there is increased disability secondary to headaches, and/or there is an inadequate response to usually effective treatment. In addition, there is no consensus as to the proper method to assess psychopathology in headache patients.
authors.affiliation: New England Institute for Behavioral Medicine, Stamford, CT, USA.
authors.forename: Randall
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weeks
authors.forename: Zach
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Weier
mesh_terms: D006261:Headache / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008487:Medical History Taking; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011594:Psychometrics