"This comprehensive volume, like its first edition, is authored by experienced researchers and clinicians who address every aspect of headache medicine - anatomy, pathophysiology, imaging, diagnosis, and management. Special populations and important conditions are covered separately, and current treatments and techniques are thoroughly described. This text serves as an excellent review of the field for interested physicians, dentists and advanced practice providers. It also provides a basis for study forthose aiming for specialty board certification/recertification"--
Originally designed as a resource for those preparing for board certification in headache medicine, the first edition of this book became a staple in training programs across the United States and worldwide. Building on this success, the second edition of Comprehensive Review of Headache Medicine serves as a versatile text designed for both learners and experienced practitioners who treat patients with various types of head pain, namely doctors, nurses, dentists, and therapists.
Dr Morris Levin serves, once again, as the editor of this multi-authored work to ensure a useful and coherent reading experience, with current information and recommendations. The second edition begins with chapters on the anatomic and physiological foundations of head pain, followed by detailed sections on diagnosing primary and secondary headache conditions. Subsequent chapters cover the treatment of headache disorders, including special populations and complementary therapies.
Expert authors have focused their chapters on the practical needs of medical, dental, and other healthcare providers. Instead of exhaustive referencing, each chapter includes a list of recommended readings and self-assessment questions, totaling around 260 throughout the book. The content has been thoroughly updated to reflect recent advances in our understanding of headache medicine and covers all required information from the headache medicine board exam.
The second edition of Comprehensive Review of Headache Medicine begins with chapters on the anatomic and physiological foundations of head pain, followed by detailed sections on diagnosing primary and secondary headache conditions. Subsequent chapters cover the treatment of headache disorders, including special populations and complementary therapies.
Expert authors have focused their chapters on the practical needs of medical, dental, and other healthcare providers, and each chapter includes a list of recommended readings and self-assessment questions (totaling 260 questions) to assist the reader to prepare for and pass the headache medicine board exam.
Acknowledgements - Morris Levin, MD
Introduction- Morris Levin, MD
Part 1 Headache Medicine Basic Science: Anatomy, Physiology and
Epidemiology
1. Head Pain Anatomy and Physiology - Morris Levin, MD
2. Pathophysiology and Genetics of Migraine and Cluster Headaches - Robert
Shapiro, MD, PhD
3. Imaging Findings in of Primary Headache Disorders - Todd Schwedt, MD
4. The Epidemiology and Burden of Headache - Gretchen Tietjen
5. Psychiatric Comorbidities of Headache - Kathleen Mullen MD and Steve
Baskin, PhD
6. Medical Comorbidity in Primary Headache Disorder - Deborah Tepper, MD and
Morris Levin, MD
Part 2 Diagnosis of Primary Headache Disorders
7. The International Classification of Headache Disorders and Diagnosis of
Migraine and its Subtypes - Morris Levin, MD
8. Classification and Diagnosis of Tension-Type Headaches - Marc Lenaerts, MD
9. Classification and Diagnosis of Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias - Kerry
Knievel, DO
10. Classification and Diagnosis of Other Primary Headaches - Paul Rizzoli,
MD and Roni Sharon, MD
11. Diagnosis of Primary Headaches in Children - Samantha Irwin, MD
Part 3 Diagnosis of Secondary Headache Disorders, with essentials of
management
12. Classification and Diagnosis of Secondary Headaches Due to Traumatic and
Vascular Causes - Bert Vargas, MD, Todd Schwedt, MD and Morris Levin MD
13. Classification and Diagnosis of Secondary Headaches Due to Altered
Intracranial Pressure, Neoplasm and Infection - Morris Levin, MD and Brian
McGeeney, MD
14. Classification and Diagnosis of Secondary headaches Due to Metabolic
Disorders and Substances - Judy Lane, MD
15. Classification and Diagnosis of Secondary Headaches Due to Disorders of
the Skull, Eye, Ear, Nose, Jaw, Teeth and Neck - Marc Lennaerts, MD
16. The Cranial Neuralgias and Other Neuropathic Head Pain - Steven Scrivani,
DDS, Shehryar N. Khawaja, BDS, and Zahid H. Bajwa, MD
Part 4 Headache Treatment
17. Pharmacological Treatment of Acute Migraine - Chris Gottschalk, MD, Alan
Rapoport, MD and Mark J. Rapoport
18. Preventive Pharmacological Treatment of Migraine and Tension-Type
Headache - Naveen George, DO and Stewart J. Tepper, MD
19. Pharmacologic Treatment of Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias and Other
Primary Headaches - Sarah M. Bobker, MD and Brian McGeeney, MD
20. Non-pharmacological Headache Treatment of Headaches - Alex Mauskop and
Ahatjon Juraboev
21. Treatment of Chronic Migraine and Medication Overuse Headache - Peter
McAllister
22. Headache Treatment in Children -William Qubty, MD
23. Headache Treatment in Women - Rebecca Burch, MD
24. Headache Treatment in the Elderly, and Patients with Confounding Medical
Illness - Susan Hutchinson, MD
25. Procedural Techniques and Neurostimulation in Headache Management -
Morris Levin MD
26. "Biologic" Treatment for Primary Headaches: Botulinum Toxin and
Monoclonal Antibodies - Barbara Nye, MD Thomas Ward, MD, Naveen George, DO,
and Stewart Tepper, MD
Index
Dr Morris Levin is a Professor in the UCSF Department of Neurology and is the Director of the UCSF Headache Center. He is board certified in neurology (ABPN), pain medicine (ABPN), and headache medicine (UCNS). He is formerly the co-director of the Dartmouth Headache Center and Program Director of the Dartmouth Residency Training Program. He has authored a number of medical journal articles and textbook chapters, as well as Headache and Facial Pain, Second Edition (Oxford University Press 2022), Emergency Neurology (Oxford University Press 2021), and co-authored Understanding Your Migraines: A Guide for Patients and Families (Oxford University Press 2017). He also coauthored the IHS's International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD) 3rd edition.
