Hartmut Göbel,
Headaches, 4th edition – Causes, Mechanisms, Diagnosis, Therapy

Textbook, hardcover,
4th edition 2024.
830 pages, 400 illustrations.
Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, ISBN 978-3-662-68872-4.
Format (W x L): 21 x 27.9 cm.
date: first half of 2024.
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This standard work on migraine, headaches, facial pain, and neuralgia comprehensively presents the current state of knowledge regarding their causes, diagnosis, and contemporary therapy. It follows the structure and logic of the International Classification of Headache Disorders, taking into account the latest evidence-based guidelines. This practical handbook is ideally suited for all clinical questions concerning all forms of migraine and headache. It is aimed at physicians of all specialties, psychologists, physiotherapists, sports therapists, and other professionals who treat patients with migraine and headaches. The 4th edition is comprehensively updated, expanded, and revised. This new edition incorporates the rapid and extensive growth of knowledge in the entire field of migraine and headache therapy.

Headaches are the number one health problem. Over 400 different primary diagnoses are currently distinguished. This book comprehensively describes the current state of knowledge regarding the causes, diagnosis, and contemporary treatment of various headache types. It follows the structure and logic of the International Classification of Headache Disorders, taking into account the latest evidence-based guidelines. This practical handbook is ideally suited for all clinical questions concerning all forms of migraine and headache. It is aimed at physicians of all specialties, psychologists, physiotherapists, sports therapists, and other professionals who treat patients with migraine and headaches. The 4th edition is comprehensively updated, expanded, and revised. This new edition incorporates the explosive growth of knowledge in the entire field of migraine and headache therapy.

Contents include:

  • Classification, diagnosis and therapy of all currently known forms of headache based on the current 3rd edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders
  • Pathomechanisms, progression and chronicity factors
  • Targeted prevention and acute therapy based on current scientific knowledge
  • All modern therapeutic methods: behavioral measures, attack therapy, preventive medication, psychotherapy, physiotherapy, neuromodulation, etc.
  • Developments include triptans, onabotulinumtoxin A, monoclonal antibodies against the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor or against CGRP, gepants, ditans, PACAP, and others.
  • Comorbidities, psychological interventions, relaxation techniques, sports and physiotherapy
  • Organization, quality assurance, coding, cost-effectiveness, social law
  • Prevention and treatment of complications, progression and chronicity
  • Coordinated and integrated care, interdisciplinary multimodal complex treatment

The author is
Prof. Dr. med. Dipl.-Psych. Hartmut Göbel, Director of the Kiel Pain Clinic, Migraine and Headache Center, DGS Excellence Center for Headache, and Head of the Master's program in Migraine and Headache Medicine at the University of Kiel.

  • With numerous illustrations and tables
  • Includes practice checklists, web-based questionnaires and a free migraine app
  • This standard work conveys the current state of knowledge on the causes, diagnosis and therapy of migraines, headaches, facial pain and neuralgia
  • Based on the current international headache classification ICHD-3