Why 2020 Is the Time to Feel Better

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Key Questions
  • How many people with migraine speak to a health professional?
  • Why are so few people with migraine disease working with a health professional?
  • When was migraine first described and what were some early treatments?
  • What are the options for migraine treatment?
  • What is a migraine treatment map?
  • What factors can we control?
  • What role is there for lifestyle management and education, and what are some examples?
  • What are behavioral therapies for migraine?
  • What emerging therapies are there in the behavioral treatment field?
  • Which pharmaceutical treatments are commonly used?
  • What are interventional approaches to migraine?
  • What is neuromodulation, and what options are available?
  • What is integrative medicine?
  • What are some examples of complementary therapies?
  • If you’ve given up, where do you find the motivation to keep trying?
  • What does self-care really mean?
Interview Notes

Dawn C. Buse, PhD

Psychologist & Clinical Professor
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dawn C. Buse, PhD, is a clinical professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is a member of the board of directors of the Headache Cooperative of the Pacific, and a licensed psychologist. She has authored more than 200 scientific manuscripts and has won eight U.S. and international research awards and six professional awards for her work in the field of migraine.

She is a co-investigator on numerous U.S. and international studies, including the American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention (AMPP) study; the Chronic Migraine Epidemiology and Outcomes (CaMEO) study; the Migraine Signature Study (MSS); the International Burden of Migraine Study (IBMS); the Migraine in America Symptoms and Treatment (MAST) study; the Observational Survey of the Epidemiology, Treatment and Care of Migraine (OVERCOME) study; and a recipient of the FDA-sponsored Migraine Clinical Outcome Assessment System (MiCOAS) grant, which is gathering patient input for the development of migraine clinical trial endpoints. She is an advocate for the well-being of patients and healthcare professionals.


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