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My assignment in this chapter is to bring to your attention some features of the pathophysiology of functional headaches which may be useful in planning their management by behavioral techniques. Head pain may occur not only when the head is traumatized or inflamed or distorted by tumor but also when its complicated machinery strains to meet overwhelming mental and emotional distress. It is this “cranial angina” which behavioral therapy may be able to modify, even as help with changes in lifestyle and physical exertion may aid the Type A man with “angina of the heart.” The brain really is, amongst its many other functions, the health care system or behavioral therapist for the body. But, as you all know, even behavioral therapists can get tired or have difficult, maybe even painful days.
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Graham, J.R. (1982). Pathophysiology of Headache for Behavioral Therapists. In: Surwit, R.S., Williams, R.B., Steptoe, A., Biersner, R. (eds) Behavioral Treatment of Disease. NATO Conference Series, vol 19. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3548-1_18
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