Muskin, MD.[1] The neurologist is well known to those who work in the field of headache http://www.selleckchem.com/products/epz015666.html and so is one of the contributing authors, Robert G. Kaniecki, MD. Drs. Green and Kaniekci are responsible for 2 of the 3 headache chapters in the book Migraine and Tension-Type Headache. The third chapter, Chronic Daily Headache, is written by

Robert P. Cowan, MD, a neurologist from Stanford University. The 3 headache chapters cover most of the headache types commonly seen in practice. Stress is an important circumstance contributing to headache onset[2] as well as a trigger of individual headaches[3] and 2 chapters in the book are devoted to it, one on Stress and Headache and the other on Stress Management. The latter chapter covers extensively the stress-management techniques of relaxation therapy, biofeedback, cognitive behavior therapy, and coping skills. The introduction to the chapter on Working With Personality and Personality Disorders in the Headache Patient contains the contentious statement: “Headache patients

BGJ398 cell line in particular demonstrate excessive personality dysfunction, the headache often manifesting the patient’s interpersonal stress.” The chapter is written by a psychiatrist, and the statement caught my attention because I was confronted with a similar notion when I was a resident in psychiatry as part of my neurology training and never clearly understood its meaning. There is also a 上海皓元医药股份有限公司 chapter in the book that is only marginally related to the main topic of the book, dealing with Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Approaches to Headache. It covers lifestyle, exercise, and dietary considerations, body-centered, mind-centered, and mind/body-centered approaches, alternative medical systems, homeopathy, and manual therapies. The remaining chapters have a more traditional psychiatric content and deal with

mood disorders, anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, psychosis, and, last but not least, substance dependence or addiction. The latter chapter also contains an interesting section on malingering. The book reminds me of the one on Psychiatric Aspects of Headache, edited by Charles S. Adler, Sheila M. Adler, and Russell C. Packard, published in 1987 to which I contributed a chapter on The Physiology and Biochemistry of Stress in Relation to Headache.[4] The latter book is different in the sense that the chapters are mostly written by specialists working in headache and does not cover the psychiatric aspects of headache as extensively as the present book. The book, as edited by Green and Muskin, is very readable and full of information relevant to practice. Regrettably, its structure, in the sense of a logical build up of the chapters, leaves somewhat to be desired. Nevertheless, I highly recommend the book to anybody interested in headache whether working in general medical or dental practice, neurological, psychiatric, or psychological practice, or in specialty headache practice.