American Headache Society
Encyclopedia
The American Headache Society (AHS) is a professional
society of health care provider
s dedicated to the study and treatment of headache
and facial
pain.
The AHS was founded in 1959, and has presented an annual headache symposium
since 1970, as well as two teaching symposia a year.
The American Council for Headache Education (ACHE) was founded by the AHS in 1990. It is a partnership between patient
s and health care professionals devoted to enhancing public
understanding of headaches.
The society publishes a peer-reviewed journal
, HEADACHE The Journal of Head and Face Pain.
Professional
A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...
society of health care provider
Health care provider
A health care provider is an individual or an institution that provides preventive, curative, promotional or rehabilitative health care services in a systematic way to individuals, families or communities....
s dedicated to the study and treatment of headache
Headache
A headache or cephalalgia is pain anywhere in the region of the head or neck. It can be a symptom of a number of different conditions of the head and neck. The brain tissue itself is not sensitive to pain because it lacks pain receptors. Rather, the pain is caused by disturbance of the...
and facial
Facial
A facial is a procedure involving a variety of skin treatments, including: steam, exfoliation, extraction, creams, lotions, facial masks, peels, and massage...
pain.
The AHS was founded in 1959, and has presented an annual headache symposium
Symposium
In ancient Greece, the symposium was a drinking party. Literary works that describe or take place at a symposium include two Socratic dialogues, Plato's Symposium and Xenophon's Symposium, as well as a number of Greek poems such as the elegies of Theognis of Megara...
since 1970, as well as two teaching symposia a year.
The American Council for Headache Education (ACHE) was founded by the AHS in 1990. It is a partnership between patient
Patient
A patient is any recipient of healthcare services. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, veterinarian, or other health care provider....
s and health care professionals devoted to enhancing public
Public
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individuals, and the public is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the Öffentlichkeit or public sphere. The concept of a public has also been defined in political science,...
understanding of headaches.
The society publishes a peer-reviewed journal
Journal
__FORCETOC__A journal has several related meanings:* a daily record of events or business; a private journal is usually referred to as a diary....
, HEADACHE The Journal of Head and Face Pain.