Headache in childhood and adolescence has typical characteristics which distinguish it from that of adults. Research indicates that headache is the first health reason for leaving school before obtaining the leaving certificate. Among adults, many working hours are lost because of this pathology. It is clearly important to study headache in childhood and adolescence with a view to prevention. Its cause is still unknown although many hypotheses of both an organic and psychological nature have been proposed. The psychological discomfort in a child is often somarized in the head in an attempt to open a new dialogue with the surrounding world. This book emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach and gathers together the most recent research of experts in a wide variety of medical fields. A large section is devoted to diagnostic techniques such as MR, SPECT, Doppler, Brain Mappping, EEG, Evoked Potentials, Event-related Potentials, Autonomic Function Evaluation and Immunological Tests, as well as psychological tests with particular emphasis on talk with patients and their relatives.

Excerpta medica international congress series.