Combining Psychotherapy with Medication in treatment of Tension-type Headache / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:to combine psychotherapy and medication in treatment of tension-type headache Method:84 patients with tension-type headache were randomly divided into study group (combining psychotherapy with medication) and control group (medication only) The psychotherapy was twice to three times a week, for 2 or 3 weeks and then follow up for at least 1 year Result:in the study group, the rate of improvement was 95%, that of marked improvement was 67%, were significantly higher than the counterparts in control group (were 69% and 38% respectively) Conclusion:combining psychotherapy with medication is more effective than medication only in treatment of tension-type headache