ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2015
Emerging behavioral treatments for migraine.
Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- From research to clinical practice: a systematic review of the implementation of psychological interventions for chronic headache in adults.BMC health services research · 2020Pooled it
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- Single-blind, randomized, pilot study combining shiatsu and amitriptyline in refractory primary headaches.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2017Trial
- Neural correlates of pain acceptance and the role of the cerebellum: Functional connectivity and anatomical differences in individuals with headaches versus matched controls.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Article
- Psychological Approaches for Migraine Management.Anesthesiology clinics · 2023Review
- Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Headaches: Non-Invasive Neuromodulation, Nutraceuticals, and Behavioral Approaches.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Effects of Synergism of Mindfulness Practice Associated With Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation in Chronic Migraine: Pilot, Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Clinical Trial.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- Efficacy and Feasibility of Behavioral Treatments for Migraine, Headache, and Pain in the Acute Care Setting.Current pain and headache reports · 2020Review
- Mindfulness in migraine: A narrative review.Expert review of neurotherapeutics · 2020Review
- An open/pilot trial of cognitive behavioral therapy in Turkish patients with refractory chronic migraine.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2019Article
- Complementary and Integrative Medicine for Episodic Migraine: an Update of Evidence from the Last 3 Years.Current pain and headache reports · 2019Review
- Factors Related to Migraine Patients' Decisions to Initiate Behavioral Migraine Treatment Following a Headache Specialist's Recommendation: A Prospective Observational Study.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2018Observational
- Sex and Gender Differences in Migraine-Evaluating Knowledge Gaps.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2018Article
- Acceptance, Psychiatric Symptoms, and Migraine Disability: An Observational Study in a Headache Center.Headache · 2018Observational
- Similarities and Differences Between Migraine in Children and Adults: Presentation, Disability, and Response to Treatment.Current pain and headache reports · 2017Review
- Treatment Update of Chronic Migraine.Current pain and headache reports · 2017Review
- Chronic migraine: risk factors, mechanisms and treatment.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2016Review
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Although the efficacy of behavioral interventions for migraine (e.g., relaxation training, stress management, cognitive-behavioral therapy, biofeedback) is well established, other behavioral interventions that have shown efficacy for other conditions are being adapted to treat migraine. This paper reviews the literature to date on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), mindfulness-based interventions, and behavioral interventions for common migraine comorbidities. ACT and mindfulness interventions prioritize the outcome of improved functioning above headache reduction and have demonstrated efficacy for chronic pain broadly. These emerging behavioral therapies show considerable promise for improving outcomes of migraine patients, particularly in reducing headache-related disability and affective distress, but efficacy to date is limited by small trials, short follow-up periods, and a need for comparison or integration with established pharmacologic and behavioral migraine treatments.
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