Clinicians Guide to Headache

Clinician’s Guide to Headache: Head, Neck and Face Pain Syndromes is a comprehensive, pragmatic reference for those in headache practice settings. Organized on what headache specialists encounter in day-to-day headache practice settings, this practical volume is relevant as a primary reference for neurologists and other headache specialists looking for a resource on complex acute headache management. Developments in the field are highlighted, including biologics and invasive and non-invasive neuromodulation, catering to the latest advances in headache critical care. Chapters focus on anatomy and pathophysiology, neuroradiology, acute and chronic headaches, and clinically relevant sections on diagnosis and biases, consultation settings, placebos and nocebos, as well as the set-up of a comprehensive headache center. With a foundation based on recent developments in pathophysiology and anatomy, this volume provides an overview of headache disorders with a case-based approach.