
AllisonVerhaakPhD
@allisonverhaak
Psychologist at Verhaak Integrative Psychology, PLLC; Researcher at @HartfordHealthC Headache Center. Partner, mom of 3, tweets are my own
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21-11-2019 23:01:31
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MigraineAssociation So grateful to the Hartford HealthCare Milford Headache team for all their hard work. #MHAM #FreezeChallenge. Now challenging the Cheshire team Nicole Gill and West Hartford team Peter Soh Riya Luhar AllisonVerhaakPhD and Norwich team Sandhya Mehla

One final dinner with past, present, and future HHC fellows and colleagues @neuroaakash AllisonVerhaakPhD Peter Soh Grosberg Sandhya Mehla Elizabeth Leroux American Headache Society Hartford HealthCare UConn Neurology Residency #AHSAM22



Thrilled to announce our paper in International J Obesity re: the relationship between internalized weight bias and clinical attrition. We need to better understand how weight stigma impacts patient health and engagement. Devika Umashanker Rebecca Puhl at UConn Rudd Center Hartford HealthCare

Is it really "just a migraine"? Limited research and knowledge gaps about migraines leaves patients and some providers in the dark. Learn more from Public Health Post's Abigail Outterson, who cites research by AllisonVerhaakPhD. ➡️ spr.ly/6013MSs9c

The unique role of #stigma in #migraine-related disability and quality of life Elizabeth Seng Robert Shapiro Dawn Buse, PhD Matthew Robbins, MD Richard Lipton MD, Amanda Parker …adachejournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…


Do you check the Beighton score in your patients with #migraine to assess for hyper mobility? If not, maybe we should, suggests National Headache Foundation (NHF) President Dr Vincent Martin American Headache Society #AHSAZ2022


Did you know Migraine is the 2nd leading cause of years lived with disability worldwide? Let's raise awareness and support our community through fundraising and research for a cure 🏃💜 Miles For Migraine #MigraineWarrior #Advocacy #MoveAgainstMigraine #HeadacheEdu





ppl w >15 headache days/month ~ 3xmore likely to be disabled compared to ppl w <4MHDs.”In a tight labor market,efforts to ⬇️ MHDs days can ⬆️ pool of available employees &benefit” everyone bit.ly/3XNhLUZ Robert Shapiro @IHS_GPAC #MigraineAtWork

People with chronic pain conditions are more likely to experience migraine. We spoke to clinical psychologist and professor Dr. Elizabeth Seng to learn about migraine and chronic pain and how alternative therapies can help manage both. Read about it here: americanmigrainefoundation.org/resource-libra…


Thrilled to share our recent publication in Headache Journal which surveyed women’s healthcare providers about how they treat migraine during pregnancy

News: my lab and I are joining Yale Neurosurgery Yale Department of Neurosurgery, next step towards our goal of changing the outcomes for brain cancer patients within our lifetime. Thankful to wonderful support from The Jackson Laboratory during our time here. tl;dr: I am recruiting wet/dry postdocs.


Migraine Related Stigma and its Impact on Patients in Healthcare neurologylive.com/view/migraine-… via NeurologyLive®. Miles For Migraine has educational resources to reduce #stigma

Thank you NeurologyLive® for the opportunity to talk about migraine stigma! Addressing stigma is critical to patient care, and we need to continue exploring stigma across all domains of society.