Mental Health and Advocacy in Pediatric Migraine

Episode 67,   Jul 01, 2022, 09:00 AM

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In this episode, we spoke with Serena L. Orr, MD, MSc, a pediatric neurologist and headache specialist at the University of Calgary and Alberta Children's. She spoke about the recent work she's done looking into mental health conditions among pediatric patients with migraine, as well as how the field has progressed in managing the disease and advocating for these individuals.

Episode Breakdown:
  • 1:25 – Overview of systematic review of depressive and anxiety symptoms in pediatric migraine
  • 5:30 – Clinical implications of the data and the need for advocacy for this population
  • 8:50 – Possible differences between children and adolescents
  • 10:15 – Remaining questions for this area of research
  • 13:20 – The needs from a research funding perspective
  • 15:05 – Neurology News Minute
  • 17:20 – Shifting the paradigm of pediatric headache research
  • 21:35 – Challenges in awareness despite patient population size
  • 24:15 – Exposure to headache medicine education among trainees
  • 26:25 – Conducting clinical trials in pediatric migraine

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