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Volume 146, Issue 1 , Pages 56-64 , November 2009

Do psychiatric comorbidities influence headache treatment outcomes? Results of a naturalistic longitudinal treatment study

  • Bernadette Davantes Heckman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Ohio University, 200 Porter Hall, Athens, OH 45701, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 740 597 1449; fax: +1 740 593 0579.
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  • Kenneth A. Holroyd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Ohio University, 200 Porter Hall, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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  • Lina Himawan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Ohio University, 200 Porter Hall, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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  • Francis J. O’Donnell

      Affiliations

    • OrthoNeuro, 70 South Cleveland Ave, Columbus, OH 43081, USA
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  • Gretchen Tietjen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Toledo, Health Science Campus, 3000 Arlington Ave., Mail stop 1195 Toledo, OH 43614, USA
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  • Christine Utley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Toledo, Health Science Campus, 3000 Arlington Ave., Mail stop 1195 Toledo, OH 43614, USA
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  • Mark Stillman

      Affiliations

    • The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Mail Code T33, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA

Received 20 November 2008 ,Revised 5 May 2009 ,Accepted 11 June 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00342-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.06.019

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