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16.01.2024 | Non-pharmacologic Aspects of Pain, Migraine, and Headache (D Buse, Section Editor)
A Role for Visual Art Therapy in the Management of Migraine
Erschienen in: Current Pain and Headache Reports | Ausgabe 4/2024
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Purpose of Review
Migraine is a disabling disorder that adversely affects the whole person and requires multimodal management. Through a brief historical overview of migraine as a subject for visual art, benefits reported from art therapy used in the management of other types of chronic pain, and a summary of the limited research involving art therapy for migraine, we aim to provide support for art therapy’s potential role in the management of migraine.
Recent Findings
As art therapy has been shown to be effective in the management of other chronic pain conditions, providing insight into the individual’s pain experience and perception of pain, ameliorating pain by means of distraction, and improving psychosocial health, by extension, it may be of benefit in the migraine population as well.
Summary
Migraine is disabling, and previous literature has shown efficacy in lifestyle modifications as well as complementary and alternative medicine. Based on its efficacy in other pain conditions, we suggest art therapy as an additional tool for the preventive management of migraine.