Co-Morbidity in Migraine

A practical approach to the recognition and management of all aspects of migraine Migraine, characterized by periodic bursts of severe debilitating headache, is increasingly recognized as being not only a disease in its own right, but as a disorder that co-occurs with other disorders. Comorbidity in Migraine presents a clinically-oriented, comprehensive treatment approach to migraine. The international collection of authors cover: · Migraine and Psychiatric Disorders · Migraine and Vascular disorders · Migraine and Epilepsy · Migraine and other Pain Disorders · Migraine and Medication Overuse Case vignettes and management algorithms enhance the clinical utility of the book.Comorbidity in Migraine enhances your ability to treat your migraine patients effectively to improve their quality of life. CONTENTS Migraine and Psychiatric Disorders. 1. Françoise Radat, Amanda Kaladjian and Kathleen Merikangas. Migraine and Vascular disorders. 2.1 Migraine and stroke ( Tobias Kurth and Hans Christoph Diener). 2.2 Cardio-vascular disorders ( Ann Scher and David Dodick). 2.3 Patent foramen ovale ( Todd Schwedt and Jean Schoenen). 3. Co- morbidity of Migraine and Epilepsy ( Sheryl Haut, Shira Markowitz and Richard B. Lipton). 4. Migraine and other Pain Disorders ( Lars Jacob Stovner, Knut Hagen and Rami Burstein). 5.Migraine and Medication Overuse ( Stephen Silberstein). 6. Migraine and Other Co-morbidities: Obesity, Temporomandibular Disorder and Contact Points ( Marcelo Bigal). 7.Migraine comorbidities in Children ( Çiçek Wöber-Bingöl and Andrew Hershey). 8.Selecting migraine prophylaxis by means of comorbidities and "positive side effects" (Peter Sándor, David Dodick, and Jean Schoenen).   Jean Schoenen , MD, PhD, Department of Neurology, Liège University, Liège, Belgium David W. Dodick , MD, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Peter Sándor , MD, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland