Headache And Comorbidities In Childhood And Adolescence
by Vincenzo Guidetti /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book aims to provide clinicians and other practitioners and
professionals with up-to-date information on how to evaluate and
manage headaches in children and adolescents, highlighting the most
recent recommendations. Unlike in other books on the subject,
detailed attention is devoted to the various comorbidities commonly
associated with headache, including psychiatric comorbidities such
as depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,
and learning disabilities and medical conditions such as epilepsy,
vascular disorders, brain tumors, atopic disease, and obesity. The
intimate link between these conditions and headache is explained
with a view to enabling the reader to recognize their presence and,
on that basis, to institute the most effective pharmacological or
non-pharmacological treatment strategy. Moreover, knowledge of the
comorbidities associated with headache will help readers to
understand more fully the causes of this serious disorder and also
its consequences, e.g., for school performance, relationships, and
daily activities. The authors are all international experts
who care for children with headache or the other described
disorders.
This book aims to provide clinicians and other practitioners and
professionals with up-to-date information on how to evaluate and
manage headaches in children and adolescents, highlighting the most
recent recommendations. Unlike in other books on the subject,
detailed attention is devoted to the various comorbidities commonly
associated with headache, including psychiatric comorbidities such
as depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,
and learning disabilities and medical conditions such as epilepsy,
vascular disorders, brain tumors, atopic disease, and obesity. The
intimate link between these conditions and headache is explained
with a view to enabling the reader to recognize their presence and,
on that basis, to institute the most effective pharmacological or
non-pharmacological treatment strategy. Moreover, knowledge of the
comorbidities associated with headache will help readers to
understand more fully the causes of this serious disorder and also
its consequences, e.g., for school performance, relationships, and
daily activities. The authors are all international experts
who care for children with headache or the other described
disorders.