title: Psychological Therapy in Adolescents with Chronic Daily Headache.
abstract: Chronic daily headache is a serious disease, causing significant problems in terms of reduced quality of life and disability, with pain localized to the head (headache) occurring 15 or more days per month for more than 3 months (>180 days per year). Drugs, both used as preventive medications or as pain-killers, are insufficient for the management of these patients; a more global approach has been advocated. This paper reviews existing data concerning different psychological approaches, with a focus on adolescence. This leads to evidence still unanswered questions but also the importance to include psychological treatments in the management of this potentially disabling condition.
authors.affiliation: Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, Via Mondino 2, 27100, Pavia, Italy. matteo.chiappedi@mondino.it.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiappedi
authors.affiliation: Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, Via Mondino 2, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Martina Maria
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mensi
authors.affiliation: Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
authors.forename: Cristiano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Termine
authors.affiliation: Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, Via Mondino 2, 27100, Pavia, Italy.|Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Balottin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D006261:Headache / Q000628:therapy*; D020773:Headache Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D059408:Pain Management; D011788:Quality of Life; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Adolescent; Chronic daily headache; Psychology; Treatment