Behavioral Medicine Interventions for Headaches - Continuing Education Course

Behavioral Medicine Interventions for Headaches

Learn about the latest in behavioral medicine treatments for headache and migraine relief. Dive into cognitive-behavioral therapy, biofeedback, and relaxation techniques to provide holistic care and improve treatment outcomes.

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About this course

Approximately 90% of the U.S. population experiences occasional headache pain with 23 million headache sufferers experiencing severe migraines. The experience of headache, especially migraine, often results in pain, disability, and psychological distress for the individual. Among migraine sufferers, over 80% experience some degree of headache-related disability. Migraine alone accounts for an estimated 157 million days lost from work. In addition, there are high rates of co-morbid psychiatric disorders among individuals with headaches such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Mental health professionals can play a key role in the multidisciplinary approach to headache treatment. Behavioral Medicine techniques such as biofeedback, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and relaxation have proven efficacious, either alone or in combination with pharmacotherapy, to manage co-morbid psychiatric disorders, address treatment adherence problems, and modify some risk factors for the progression of headaches. This course provides evidence-based clinical behavioral medicine interventions for this patient population. The principal types of headaches and their causes are described and biobehavioral variables are discussed. Clinical assessment is addressed and elements of nonpharmacological behavioral medicine alternative treatment of headache are presented, along with specific ways to coordinate/integrate care with providers of pharmacological treatment.

Ce Broker Id:20-1284054
Activity Type:Knowledge-based
Activity Format:Enduring
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Course Accreditation

AchieveCE (50-20641) is an approved provider of continuing education by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling; the Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board; the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker And Marriage And Family Therapist Board; and the West Virginia Board of Social Work; the Tennessee Board of Social Workers; the Michigan Board of Social Work.

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Lucy RathierPhD

She specializes in clinical health psychology in treatment of pain, caregiver stress, and weight management. Dr. Rathier has published on the multidisciplinary approach to headache management; pain, culture, and family; and religious coping. She participates in the training of pre-doctoral clinical psychology residents and medical residents. Interests: headache management, adjustment to major life stressors, religious coping, weight management.

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