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WHAT IS PSYCHOGENIC HEADACHE?
Author(s) -
Packard Russell C.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1976.hed1601020.x
Subject(s) - psychogenic disease , medical literature , medicine , family medicine , psychophysiologic disorders , psychology , physical therapy , psychiatry , pathology
SYNOPSIS The purpose of this study was to explore the question of "What is psychogenic headache?" The literature was reviewed and a survey was conducted among physicians at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, asking them to define psychogenic headache. There were 105 responses, representing a wide consensus of opinion about definition. From the literature and data from this survey it is concluded that the term "psychogenic headache" is not precise nor diagnostic. A definition is proposed based on criteria of the American Medical Association Ad Hoc Commitee on Classification of Headache.