Headache and Comorbidities in Childhood and Adolescence

1. Front Matter

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2. Epidemiology of Headache in Children and Adolescents

   • Tara M. Lateef, Kathleen R. Merikangas

   Pages 1-9

3. Classification and Limits

   • Umberto Balottin, S. Ju

   Pages 11-18

4. Migraine Genetics

   • Antonio M. Persico, Marco Lamberti, Viktor Farkas

   Pages 19-30

5. Epigenetics

   • Andrew D. Hershey, Vincenzo Guidetti, Noemi Faedda

   Pages 31-37

6. Headache, Burden, and Quality of Life

   • Michelle M. Ernst, Scott W. Powers, Derya Uluduz

   Pages 39-44

7. Child Abuse and Headache in Children and Adolescents

   • Gretchen E. Tietjen, Noemi Faedda

   Pages 45-62

8. Childhood Episodic Syndromes That May Be Associated with Migraine

   • Victoria Elisa Rinaldi, Amy A. Gelfand, Luigi Titomanlio

   Pages 63-70

9. Comorbidity with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

   • Marco A. Arruda, Marcelo Eduardo Bigal

   Pages 71-83

10. Comorbidity of Migraine with Asthma and Other Atopic Disorders

    • Aynur Özge, Kentaro Kuwabara

    Pages 85-93

11. Comorbidity with Brain Tumors

    • Pier Antonio Battistella, Marcelo R. Masruha

    Pages 95-113

12. Headache and Epilepsy

    • Nathan Watemberg, Vincenzo Guidetti

    Pages 115-124

13. Comorbidity with Psychiatric Disorders

    • Marco A. Arruda, Noemi Faedda, Giulia Natalucci, Vincenzo Guidetti

    Pages 125-134

14. Comorbidity with Sleep Disorders

    • Oliviero Bruni, Raffaele Ferri, Marco Angriman, Marcin Zarowski

    Pages 135-151

15. Headache in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    • Roberto Canitano, Carmen M. Schröder

    Pages 153-161

16. Headache: Comorbidity with Vascular Disorders

    • Ishaq Abu-Arafeh, Kenneth Mack

    Pages 163-171

17. Pediatric and Adolescent Headache and Obesity

    • Tal Eidlitz-Markus, Irene Toldo

    Pages 173-183

18. Comorbidity with Learning Disabilities

    • Jacob Genizi, Marco A. Arruda

    Pages 185-189

19. Comorbidity with Fibromyalgia

    • César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, Massimiliano Valeriani

    Pages 191-196

20. Headache and Compliance in Children

    • Aynur Ozge, Giulia Natalucci

    Pages 197-208

This book aims to provide clinicians and other practitioners and professionals with up-to-date information on how to evaluate and manage headaches in children and adolescents, highlighting the most recent recommendations. Unlike in other books on the subject, detailed attention is devoted to the various comorbidities commonly associated with headache, including psychiatric comorbidities such as depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and learning disabilities and medical conditions such as epilepsy, vascular disorders, brain tumors, atopic disease, and obesity. The intimate link between these conditions and headache is explained with a view to enabling the reader to recognize their presence and, on that basis, to institute the most effective pharmacological or non-pharmacological treatment strategy. Moreover, knowledge of the comorbidities associated with headache will help readers to understand more fully the causes of this serious disorder and also its consequences, e.g., for school performance, relationships, and daily activities.  The authors are all international experts who care for children with headache or the other described disorders. 

• Chronic pain
• Developmental age
• Headache and psychiatric disorders
• Headache and medical disorders
• Pediatric headache
• Headache and ADHD
• Headache and asthma
• Headache and brain tumors
• Headache and epilepsy
• Headache and movement disorders
• Headache and sleep disorders
• Headache and vascular disorders
• Headache and obesity
• Learning disabilities
• Cognitive therapy
• Childhood periodic syndromes

“The book is written mainly for neurologists and pediatricians, essentially for any practitioners who are responsible for the care of patients with headache disorders and their comorbid conditions. The content and organization of the book helps it to meet the needs of its audience. … Given that there are few books published on headache and its comorbidities in childhood and adolescence, this one helps meet a need.” (Rashmi B. Halker Singh, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2018)

• Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

  Vincenzo Guidetti

• University of São Paulo , Neuropsychiatry, Glia Institute , Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

  Marco A. Arruda

• Neurology, Algology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey

  Aynur Ozge

Vincenzo Guidetti is Professor of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, at the "Sapienza" University in Rome, Italy.  He is Chairman of the Executive team of Italian Professor of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry and Coordinator of the Postgraduate School in Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Sapienza University, Rome. He was member of the Executive Committee of the International Headache Society (2003-2008) and founder of International Master School of International Headache Society. He has been President of Italian Headache Society ( 2009/2010).

Marco Arruda is  Specialist in Neurology and Neurology for Children and Adolescents at the Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (FMRPUSP). He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology, the Brazilian Association of Neurology and Child Psychiatry, the Brazilian Society of Pediatric Neurology, the Brazilian Headache Society, the Brazilian Association of Attention Deficit, the International Headache Society and IMBES (International Mind, Brain and Education Society).

Aynur Özge is Professor of Neurology, Algology and Clinical Neurophysiology, at the, Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Mersin, Turkey.  She is the chef of headache outpatient department both of adults and children and adolescents in the same department. She is the founder and coordinator of the Turkish Headache Database Project. She is a member of Special Interest Group of Childhood and Adolescent Headache of the International Headache Society. She is also an active member of Turkish Headache Society and Algology Society.

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