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.

中文翻译：

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视觉艺术疗法在偏头痛治疗中的作用

审查目的

偏头痛是一种对整个人产生不利影响的致残性疾病，需要多模式治疗。通过对偏头痛作为视觉艺术主题的简要历史概述、用于治疗其他类型慢性疼痛的艺术疗法的益处以及涉及偏头痛艺术疗法的有限研究的总结，我们旨在为艺术提供支持疗法在偏头痛治疗中的潜在作用。

最近的发现

由于艺术疗法已被证明可以有效治疗其他慢性疼痛状况，可以深入了解个人的疼痛体验和疼痛感知，通过分散注意力来减轻疼痛，并改善社会心理健康，因此，它可能是有益的偏头痛人群也是如此。

概括

偏头痛会致残，之前的文献已经显示了改变生活方式以及补充和替代医学的功效。基于其对其他疼痛病症的功效，我们建议艺术疗法作为偏头痛预防性治疗的额外工具。