Cited by 209Migraine and Headache StudiesTemporomandibular Joint DisordersMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

Behavioral Headache Treatment: History, Review of the Empirical Literature, and Methodological Critique

Rains, Jeanetta C., Penzien, Donald B., McCrory, Douglas C., Gray, Rebecca N.·2005·Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain

Abstract

Theoretical developments and burgeoning research on stress and illness in the mid-20th century yielded the foundations necessary to conceptualize headache as a psychophysiological disorder and eventually to develop and apply contemporary behavioral headache treatments. Over the past three decades, these behavioral headache treatments (relaxation training, biofeedback, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and stress-management training) have amassed a sizeable evidence base. Meta-analytic reviews of the literature consistently have shown behavioral interventions to yield 35% to 55% improvements in migraine and tension-type headache and that these outcomes are significantly superior to control conditions. The strength of the evidence has lead many professional practice organizations to recommend use of behavioral headache treatments alongside pharmacologic treatments for primary headache. The present overview was prepared as a companion article to and intended to provide a background for the Guidelines for Trials of Behavioral Treatments for Recurrent Headache also published within this journal supplement. This article begins with a synopsis of key historical developments leading to our current conceptualization of migraine and tension-type headache as psychophysiological disorders amenable to behavioral intervention. The evolution of the behavioral headache literature is discussed, exemplified by publication trends in the journal Headache. Leading empirically-based behavioral headach…

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Authors
Rains, J. C., Penzien, D. B., McCrory, D. C., & Gray, R. N.
Affiliations
Elliot Hospital (US)
Venue
Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2005-05
Volume
45
Issue
s2
Pages
S92-109
ISSN
  • 0017-8748 (ISSN-L)
  • 1526-4610
OpenAlex
W2071648203
Cited by
209
References
125
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 16 · 2012: 10
FWCI
2.05
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Complementary and Manual Therapy › Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Keywords
migraine, tension-type headache, psychosomatic disorders, relaxation training, biofeedback, cognitive behavioral therapy, stress management training, primary headache, methodological quality of clinical trials, trial design
MeSH terms
Behavior Therapy, Clinical Trials as Topic, Humans, Research, Research Design, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Headache Disorders

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