A School-Based Treatment of Chronic Headaches in Adolescents

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Abstract
In a controlled group outcome study the efficacy of a self-help relaxation approach was compared with problem discussion and self-monitoring conditions. The subjects, 36 high school students, 16–18 years of age, suffering from tension and combined tension and migraine headaches, were treated during a 5-week period in their regular school settings. The results suggest that the self-help relaxation treatment improved all dimensions of the students' headache activity. The self-help relaxation training seems to be a promising, low-cost procedure in the treatment of chronic headaches in adolescents, worth considering in terms of practical utility and the minimal professinal assistance required.

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