Headache Topic List

Basic Science of Headache

1. Anatomy and Physiology of Head and Face Pain; Pathophysiology and Genetics of Migraine
2. Epidemiology of Headache, Comorbid Illnesses, and Headache Research Methodology

Classification and Diagnosis

3. International Classification of Headache Disorders
4. ICHDII Overview and Classification of Migraine, TTH, CDH, TACs, and Other Primary Headaches
5. Classification and Diagnosis of Secondary Headaches, Part 1 – Traumatic and Vascular Causes
6. Classification and Diagnosis of Secondary Headaches, Part 2 – Altered Intracranial Pressure, Neoplasm, and Infection
7. Classification and Diagnosis of Secondary Headaches, Part 3 – Substances, Metabolic Disorders, EENT, and Neuralgias

Treatment of Primary Headaches

8. Pharmacological Treatment of Migraine and Primary Chronic Daily Headache
9. Pharmacological Treatment of TTH, Cluster, and Other TAC’s
10. Advanced Treatments
11. Headache Treatment in Children, Menstruation, Pregnancy and Lactation, Elderly, Renal Disease

Neck pain and their relationship to headache and facial pain.

12. Headache and Facial Pain Associated with the Facial Structures: Eyes, Ears, Nose, Sinuses, Teeth and Jaws
13. Trigeminal Neuralgia
14. Neuropathic Facial Pain
15. Temporomandibular Disorders and Headache
16. Neck Disorders, Facial Pain and Headache: Are They Related?

Pediatric migraine.

17. Migraine Variants in Young Children
18. Cyclic Vomiting/Abdominal Migraine
19. Migraine Evolution and Its Implications
20. Chronic Migraine, Menstrual Migraine, and Comorbidities
21. Psychological Development and Implications at all the Stages

Headache research literature.

22. Evaluating the Headache Literature with a Critical Eye
23. Practicing Evidence-based Headache Medicine
24. Head, Face, and Neck Pain: What the Headache Specialist Needs to Know
25. Pediatric Migraine through Childhood and Adolescence
26. How Pain Becomes Chronic?
27. Deep Brain Stimulation
28. Tension-type Headache
29. Advanced Treatment of Disorders of Intracranial Pressure
30. Intracranial Hypotension and Spontaneous CSF Leaks
31. Brain Tumor
32. Cerebral Aneurysm
33. Post Surgical Headache
34. Post Traumatic Headache
35. Spinal Tap/Lumbar Puncture
36. Trigeminal Neuralgia
37. Vascular Headaches
38. Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
39. Headache Through the Decades, Clinical and Scientific Advances
40. Prophylactic Drugs for Headache
41. Understanding of Migraine Pathogenesis

Behavioral Issues

42. Communicating about Headache: Patient and Physician Perspective
43. Effective Communication for Assessing and Diagnosing Headache Disorders
44. Physician Role and Perspective in Communicating about Headache Treatment and Prevention
45. Patient Role and Perspective in Communicating about Headache Treatment and Prevention
46. Headache Treatment and Prevention Communication Strategies
47. Tailored to Headache Severity and Disability

Pediatric-Adolescent Headache

48. Pediatric Headaches: Controversies and Challenges
49. Homebound for Headache: Pros and Cons
50. Ophthalmoplegic “Migraine”
51. Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia (POTS) in Children
52. Management of Childhood Headache

53. Allergy and Headaches
54. Benign Intracranial Hypertension
55. Brain Tumor
56. CT Scan - Brain Scan
57. Cerebral Aneurysm
58. Chronic Daily Headache
59. Chronic Migraine
60. Cluster Headaches
61. Coexisting Migraine and Tension-Type Headaches
62. Complicated Migraine
63. Cyclic Migraine Syndrome
64. Depression and Headache
65. Early Morning Awakening Headache
66. Environmental & Physical Factors
67. Ergotamine Rebound Headaches
68. Exertional Headaches
69. Eyestrain from Watching TV
70. Facial Pain
71. Giant Cell Arteritis
72. Headache in Children
73. Hormones and Migraine
74. Hypertension
75. Hypoglycemia
76. Magnetic Resonance Imaging-MRI
77. Meningitis
78. Menstrual Migraine
79. Migraine with Aura
80. New Daily Persistent Headache
81. Nocturnal Migraine
82. Obesity and Migraine
83. Occipital Headache
84. Ophthalmic Migraine
85. Ophthalmoplegic Migraine
86. Pregnancy and Migraine
87. Pre-Menstrual Syndrome-PMS
88. Sexual Benign Headaches
89. Sinus Headache
90. Tension-Type Headache
91. Trigeminal Neuralgia
92. Viral Infection Headache
93. Weekend Headache
94. The burden of migraine
95. New targets in the symptomatic treatment of migraine
96. New options in migraine prophylaxis
97. Migraine in children
98. New invasive techniques for the treatment of refractory cluster headache
99. Headaches attributed to high or low csf pressure posttraumatic headache
100. Migraine: a progressive disorder?
101. Is analgesic overuse the reason for or the consequence of headache chronification?
102. Migraine pathophysiology: is the spreading depression phenomenon necessary?