ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of behavioral and educational interventions for the management of migraine. Behavioral treatments and the clinic and home-study formats for administering these treatments are described first. Next, a brief overview of the evidence base that supports the effectiveness of behavior therapy for adult and pediatric migraine is provided. Educational interventions to improve the response of the health-care system to migraine are then described. Finally, programs for teaching behavioral migraine management skills in community institutions such as schools and the workplace, and via mass media such as the Internet and television are described. It is argued that community interventions can play a significant role in a public health approach to the secondary prevention of chronic headache disorders.
