Clinician’s Guide to Headache
Head, Neck, and Face Pain Syndromes
- 1st Edition - April 1, 2026
- Editors: Pravin Thomas, Raziya Adam Kadwa, Paul Yambao
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 3 1 3 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 3 1 4 - 6
Clinician’s Guide to Headache: Head, Neck and Face Pain Syndromes is a comprehensive reference that covers what headache specialists encounter in day-to-day headache practice… Read more
Clinician’s Guide to Headache: Head, Neck and Face Pain Syndromes is a comprehensive reference that covers what headache specialists encounter in day-to-day headache practice settings. This practical volume is relevant as a primary reference for neurologists and other headache specialists looking for a resource on complex, acute headache management. Developments in the field are highlighted, including biologics and invasive and non-invasive neuromodulation. Chapters focus on anatomy and pathophysiology, neuroradiology, acute and chronic headaches, and clinically relevant sections on diagnosis and biases, consultation settings, placebos and nocebos, as well as the set-up of a comprehensive headache center.
With a foundation based on recent developments in pathophysiology and anatomy, this volume provides an overview of headache disorders with a case-based approach.
- Provides a practical reference on head, neck, and face pain syndromes for clinicians in headache practice setting
- Features content on treatment methods including biologics and neuromodulation
- Discusses the clinical implications of headache in a variety of concurrent conditions and populations
- Covers the diagnosis and management of a variety of headache types, as well as head, neck, and face pain syndromes
Neurologists, clinicians headache specialists neuroscientists, Text-reference for students interested in the above disciplines
1. Classification of Head, Neck and Face Pain: Towards a mechanism- and biomarker-based pragmatic model
Raquel Rosario-Beltré
2. History and clinical examination in a patient with headache and facial pain
Prashanth Monis
3. Head and neck anatomy through clinical cases
Jose Leonard Pascual, Nicole Bernardo Aliling, Almira Apor
4. Pathophysiology through clinical cases
Leon Moskatel
5. Migraine and Migraine-like headaches
Adil Niaz, Risako Shirane
6. Medication overuse headaches
Mark Green
7. Headaches with autonomic dysfunction
Brian McGeeney
8. Neuralgic Headaches
Mark Green, Prashanth Monis
9. Headache associated with CSF dysregulation
Eveline Gutzwiller, Linda Gray
10. Headaches associated CNS and systemic infections
Kiratikorn Vongvaivanich, Sekh Thanpransertuk, Wanakorn Rattanawong, Prakit Anukoolwittaya
11. Headaches with metabolic derangement
shasthara paneyala
12. Headaches in neuro and systemic inflammatory diseases
Amado Luis, Christian Lim, Manette Abao-Dellosa, Eonjung Angeline Kim
13. Headaches in neurovascular disorders
Jose Biller, Zachary Pardieck, Athena Kostidis
14. Approach to a patient with neck pain
Karan Gupta, Yamini Sharma, Tarkik Thami, Nathaniel Schuster, Paul DeJulio
15. Approach to a patient with face pain
Pei Feng Lim
16. Headache and Epilepsy
Rio Carla Pineda, Diane Charleen Gochioco
17. Headache with Cognitive and Behavioral Impairment
DrSheetal Goyal, Nomita Sonty
18. Headache with Ophthalmic involvement
Adriana Leon, Abdul Bolar
19. Headache and Sleep
Javier Puertas
20. Headache and children
Alison Alford
21. Neuroradiology through clinical cases
Sharath GG, Chaitra Adiga
22. Pharmacology through clinical cases
John Rothrock
23. Management of explosive and worst ever headahces
John Rothrock
24. Interventional Headache Medicine
Claire-Marie RANGON, Nathaniel Schuster, Paul DeJulio
25. Yoga, acupuncture, meditation and other alternative therapies for headaches
William Jarrard
26. Nutrition and Headache
Georgia Kane
Raquel Rosario-Beltré
2. History and clinical examination in a patient with headache and facial pain
Prashanth Monis
3. Head and neck anatomy through clinical cases
Jose Leonard Pascual, Nicole Bernardo Aliling, Almira Apor
4. Pathophysiology through clinical cases
Leon Moskatel
5. Migraine and Migraine-like headaches
Adil Niaz, Risako Shirane
6. Medication overuse headaches
Mark Green
7. Headaches with autonomic dysfunction
Brian McGeeney
8. Neuralgic Headaches
Mark Green, Prashanth Monis
9. Headache associated with CSF dysregulation
Eveline Gutzwiller, Linda Gray
10. Headaches associated CNS and systemic infections
Kiratikorn Vongvaivanich, Sekh Thanpransertuk, Wanakorn Rattanawong, Prakit Anukoolwittaya
11. Headaches with metabolic derangement
shasthara paneyala
12. Headaches in neuro and systemic inflammatory diseases
Amado Luis, Christian Lim, Manette Abao-Dellosa, Eonjung Angeline Kim
13. Headaches in neurovascular disorders
Jose Biller, Zachary Pardieck, Athena Kostidis
14. Approach to a patient with neck pain
Karan Gupta, Yamini Sharma, Tarkik Thami, Nathaniel Schuster, Paul DeJulio
15. Approach to a patient with face pain
Pei Feng Lim
16. Headache and Epilepsy
Rio Carla Pineda, Diane Charleen Gochioco
17. Headache with Cognitive and Behavioral Impairment
DrSheetal Goyal, Nomita Sonty
18. Headache with Ophthalmic involvement
Adriana Leon, Abdul Bolar
19. Headache and Sleep
Javier Puertas
20. Headache and children
Alison Alford
21. Neuroradiology through clinical cases
Sharath GG, Chaitra Adiga
22. Pharmacology through clinical cases
John Rothrock
23. Management of explosive and worst ever headahces
John Rothrock
24. Interventional Headache Medicine
Claire-Marie RANGON, Nathaniel Schuster, Paul DeJulio
25. Yoga, acupuncture, meditation and other alternative therapies for headaches
William Jarrard
26. Nutrition and Headache
Georgia Kane
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Pravin Thomas
Dr. Thomas is a Neurologist and Headache Specialist and Honorary Clinical Teaching Fellow in the Queen Square Institute of Neurology at the University College London. The Chairman of the World Headache Society, he is a board-certified neurologist and Founder, Trustee, & Treasurer of the Asia Pacific Headache Society. He is a Consultant Neurologist and Lead of Headache Medicine in Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust. Dr. Thomas is a reviewer for Headache, the official journal of the American Headache Society and the Chief of the Headache Section of the Journal on Recent Advances in Pain. He has more than 20 years’ experience treating patients with headache and is a board-certified neurologist and completed his clinical fellowship in headache.
Affiliations and expertise
Pravin Thomas, MD, MBBS, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK