"This book is very useful as the pediatric population is an undeserved group in headache medicine. The book does a great job of providing information and data on managing headaches in children."
PART I. CHAPTER 1: MY HEADACHE STORY 1. My headache appointment: A guide for parents, primary care and specialists PART II. WHY DOES MY HEAD HURT? 2. You're not the only one (epidemiology) 3. Pathophysiology of migraine 4. Genetics of migraine PART III. HOW DID IT GET SO BAD? 5. The "Episodic Syndromes: i.e. what migraine looks like before it "looks like migraine 6. Effect of hormones 7. Chronic migraine and other types of chronic daily headache 8. Comorbidities in children and adolescents 9. NDPH: What a primary care provider/ headache specialist needs to know 10. Post-Traumatic Headaches in Youth 11. POTS and dysautonomia PART IV. WAYS OTHER PEOPLE CAN HELP ME GET BETTER Section 1. Treatments for when symptoms are acting up 12. Meds 13. Acute Behavioral Headache Management 14. What should I expect when home therapy does not work Section 2. Treatments for trying to settle down frequency 15. Preventive treatments: Oral 16. Preventive Injections 17. Behavioral interventions to improve frequency Section 3. Treatments that can act both acutely and preventively 18. Devices 19. CGRP 20. Non-medication treatments including acupuncture PART V. HOW CAN I GET BETTER? THINGS I CAN DO FOR MYSELF/MY CHILD 21. Sleep and Headache in Children and Adolescents 22. Meals/Food/Diet/Caffeine/Hydration 23. Activity/Exercise including Yoga 24. Managing Migraine at School 25. How you can get more involved: a guide for families and clinicians 26. Growing up: Transitioning to adult care PART VI. NEXT STEPS 27. How to set up a headache clinic 28. Where can I learn more? A listing of resources
Jack Gladstein is Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine. Jack graduated Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1983. He completed his Pediatric Residency and Chief residency at Einstein in 1987. He then went on to complete a fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at the University of Maryland Hospital in 1989. He has remained on faculty at the University ever since. He established the Pediatric Headache Clinic in 1989, which at that time was the second pediatric headache clinic in the US. Along with his busy pediatric headache practice, he is director of Inpatient Pediatrics at Maryland and served as Associate Dean for Student Affairs for many years. He was just appointed as Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs. He is a proud son, husband, father, and grandfather.
Christina Szperka, MD, MSCE, has been interested in the treatment of chronic pain since she was an undergraduate at Amherst College, Amherst, MA, and focused on pediatric pain while pursuing her medical degree at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Szperka completed residencies in pediatrics and child neurology at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, and a fellowship in headache medicine at The Jefferson Headache Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She is board certified in Headache Medicine. She divides her time between patient care and projects aimed at improving the treatment of children with headaches. In 2013, she was named director of the newly formed Pediatric Headache Program. She has received grants to improve clinical care of and treatment options for headache.
Dr. Amy Gelfand is an Associate Professor of Neurology & Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. She directs the Child & Adolescent Headache Program at the UCSF Benioff Childrens' Hospitals. Her research interests include examining the role of melatonin in the treatment of pediatric migraine, and the relationship between childhood periodic syndromes (such as infant colic, cyclic vomiting syndrome, benign paroxysmal torticollis, etc.,) and migraine in children and adolescents.
