A recent report stemming from the The European Headache and Migraine Trust International Congress (EHMTIC) 2010 in Nice has confirmed what we here at Headache Clinics UK have been promoting since we began. Headaches are a multifactorial problem and as such require a multidisciplinary approach to treatment. Below is an abstract for the study published in Journal of Headache Pain and available on open access by springer link .

Abstract
Multidisciplinary approaches are gaining acceptance in headache treatment. However, there is a lack of scientific data about the efficacy of various strategies and their combinations offered by physiotherapists, physicians, psychologists and headache nurses. Therefore, an
international platform for more intense collaboration between these professions and between headache centers is needed. Our aims were to establish closer collaboration and an interchange of knowledge between headache care providers and different disciplines.

At HCUK we are firm believers in this approach but have some minor issues with the report and it’s (in our opinion) over focus on the hospital or medical setting for headache care. Multidisciplinary means exactly that and for the benefit of patients the horizons of the terms multidisciplinary team need widening.

For an open access copy of report click here