title: Management of chronic headache.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Headache remains the most common cause of neurological consultation in clinical practice for which correct diagnosis and treatment are essential.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This article provides a review of headache presentation and management, with an emphasis on chronic headaches and the differentiation between migraine and tension-type headache (TTH).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  By far the most important diagnostic tool for proper headache diagnosis is the taking of a concise and representative history of the headaches. Migraine and TTH exist along a continuum and identification of the patient's position on this continuum has important implications for management.
authors.affiliation: MBBS, MD, FRCP, FRACGP, FACLM, B LegS, Consultant Neurologist; Conjoint Associate Professor of Medicine, University of New South Wales; Professor, School of Medicine, Griffith University;
authors.forename: Roy G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Beran
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005194:Family Practice; D020773:Headache Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D051298:Post-Traumatic Headache / Q000175:diagnosis; D018781:Tension-Type Headache / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D000700:Analgesics; D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic