Robbins Headache Clinic: Helping Cure Your Migraines in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago

NOVEMBER 2011

Lawrence Robbins, MD Brooke Bassett, NP-C

"Since more patients carry the diagnosis, and are on ADHD medications (primarily stimulants), it is important for pain physicians to be aware of the consequences of the disorder. In addition, it is helpful to be aware of interactions between the ADHD and pain medications."

AUGUST 2011

Refractory Chronic Migraine: Long Term Follow-up Using a Refractory Rating Scale

Lawrence Robbins, MD

A refractory scale was used to assess pain and quality of life in RCM patients over a ten year period.

Dr. Robbins was quoted in an article on adolescent headache in a Chicago Tribune article:

"Migraines not uncommon among teens - Condition doesn't necessarily call for an MRI, doctors say" and the related story, "Brain lesion blamed in student's death - Link with Christian Stilwell's migraines uncertain"

OCTOBER 2011
CASE CHALLENGE

Teenage Boy with Multiple Pain Disorders: A case of mild factitious disorder by proxy

With physicians in three states, 14-year-old Jason averages two doctor visits a week for his multiple pain disorders. Authors Lawrence Robbins, MD and Brooke Bassett, MP-C discuss this challenging case including mild factitious disorder by proxy (FDP) as well as pediatric condition falsification (PCF). "It is apparent that the correct approach to mild FDP/PCF is not known, and we need research and studies on this milder form."

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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLE Severe Headaches Can Bedevil Young People, Baffle Doctors: Answers for Debilitating Pain Prove Elusive
September 28, 2011, Chicago Tribune

"We say it takes a village to raise a severe-headache patient," said Robbins, who's been in practice since 1986. "And, it takes a village to heal one. At times it's crucial we get psychotherapists involved to help the family. Any chronic illness affects parents, parenting and other kids." Dawn Turner Trice has written an article focusing on the difficulties children and adolescents with chronic moderate to severe headaches face. Dr. Larry Robbins and the Robbins Headache Clinic, along with one of his patients are featured in this enlightening article.

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Mild Facticious Disorder by Proxy (August 2011)

Cross-National Epidemiology of DSM-IV Major Depressive Episode (July 2011)

In Defense of Antidepressants (July 2011)

Researchers Demonstrate How Placebo Effect Works in the Brain (June 2011)

Lawrence Robbins, M.D.

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Brooke Bassett, NP-C

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Long-Acting Opioids for Refractory Chronic Migraine

Study results for a group of difficult-to-treat migraineurs provide a basis for determining efficacy and guidelines for the use of long-term opioids in this population.

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