Combining Psychotherapy with Medication in treatment of Tension-type Headache
- VernacularTitle:紧张性头痛的心理与药物综合治疗临床观察
- Author:
Lili ZHAO
;
Chengyan LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
psychotherapy medication tension-type headache
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2002;0(10):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:to combine psychotherapy and medication in treatment of tension-type headache Method:84 patients with tension-type headache were randomly divided into study group (combining psychotherapy with medication) and control group (medication only) The psychotherapy was twice to three times a week, for 2 or 3 weeks and then follow up for at least 1 year Result:in the study group, the rate of improvement was 95%, that of marked improvement was 67%, were significantly higher than the counterparts in control group (were 69% and 38% respectively) Conclusion:combining psychotherapy with medication is more effective than medication only in treatment of tension-type headache
