Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel informs you in the new, fully updated 6th edition 2012

  • Forms and causes
  • Modern diagnostic options
  • Behavioral strategies for prevention
  • Modern medicines
  • Alternative treatment methods

Compiled for you:

  • All current therapies
  • Addresses of self-help groups and treatment centers
  • New medications and tips for taking them
  • Checklists, headache calendars and pain questionnaires

for targeted diagnosis and treatment

Brosch., 6th edition, 2012, X, 384 p. 142 illustrations. Retail
price: €22.95 (D) | €23.59 (A) | CHF 29.00 | ISBN: 978-3-642-25520-5

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Foreword, table of contents and reading sample

Süddeutsche Zeitung writes about the third edition.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung : “The research and treatment of headaches, long neglected by medicine, has now developed into a major, central health issue. Hartmut Göbel draws this conclusion in his popular book about headaches and their treatment, which has now been published in a new, completely revised edition. The author runs the Kiel Pain Clinic, a facility that has set standards in neurobehavioral medicine therapy for pain patients. One of his most important concerns is to provide extensive knowledge about the causes and treatment options for the condition, because only informed patients can ask qualified questions during the consultation. The reader is informed in detail about the individual forms of headaches and receives information on treatment, which by no means has to be limited to medication. In a separate chapter, Göbel presents unconventional treatment procedures including the injection of spider venom, striving to provide an unbiased but critical assessment. Last but not least, a checklist that enables the patient to judge whether the doctor they are seeing is competent is likely to prove helpful. A large service section with addresses, practical tips, the “Kiel Headache Questionnaire” and a description of the most important medications rounds off the headache book, which is already one of the classics.”

Review Neuro Aktuell November 2, 2012 for the 6th edition:

Self-help for headaches and migraines

Successful against headaches and migraines - every neurologist/neurologist should have read this excellent guide, which is initially intended for those affected. In March of this year, the 6th edition of this will be published, initially for those affected, by the well-known headache therapist and head physician at the Kiel Pain Clinic, Prof. Dr. med. Dipl. Psych. H. Göbel wrote the work.

Those affected are carefully and extensively informed about the types and causes, modern diagnostic options, behavioral strategies for prevention, modern medications and alternative treatment methods - always under the motto: “You don’t have to accept headaches!” As the author emphasizes, the many new developments in headache and especially migraine therapy made this 6th edition necessary. In recent years, completely new ideas have emerged as to how headache patients can be cared for in a contemporary manner. Self-help groups and internet forums are now pushing hard to improve the care of these sick people. This is one of the reasons why headaches and migraines can now be treated more successfully than ever before in human history.

A service section lists headache medication, headache specialists, options for inpatient headache therapy, psychotherapy for headaches, audio recordings for relaxation training, addresses, tips for organizing self-help group meetings and service material for pain documentation.

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