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Table 2 Strengths and limitations

From: Behavioral management of headache in children and adolescents

Strengths

Limitations

Cost saving

It takes time to change same behaviors, so parents and teachers may find this frustrating.

Ensure Compliance

Teach parents how work more effectively with their children can result in a poor compliance

Maximize long term therapeutic benefit

The focus is “here and now”

No negative side effects of medications

Therapist must maintain a sense of control and awareness

Learning of new alternative ways of thinking and behaving

Patterns of behavior may change over the course of life

Reduction of headache severity and frequency

It is not effective for people with severe mental disorder

Reduce pain and disability

It does not always take into account individual differences