A Prospective Preventive Vision in Social Work for Dealing with Stresses Associated with Migraine

Abstract

This research focuses on the qualitative analysis of various articles and published studies that are available online about the migraine disease. The World Health Organization categorizes migraine as the second type of chronic disease in the world and ranked third among the chronic diseases in the Arab community. The social, cultural, and economic dimensions of this malady call for wide-ranging analyses, interpretation, and evaluation. Such efforts represent a social initiative toward addressing the issue, where social work seeks to develop capacities of individuals to handle their problems in addition to the competencies of various systems they interact with. This will further develop the social policies in the prevailing environment of continuous development of information technology and digital transformation that the social institutions are increasingly embracing, in line with Vision 2030. Such progress is presenting challenges to individual people along many dimensions. Therefore, quality in human life improvement has to take an integrated view of all physical, psychological, intellectual, and social dimensions in the individual's life and promote processes of adaptation and compatibility on a positive, motivated, and productive level.
Previous research and studies in the field of human well-being have indicated the existence of chronic diseases that have an impact on the individual’s social interaction and relationships, both social and functional. One disease in particular, which is colloquially called “Migraine”, is not a brand-new affliction but rather an old one that was dealt with and treated with both traditional and new methods to alleviate the painful effects of its repeated episodes. Migraine has no known agreed-upon etiology among researchers and physicians; some attribute it to hereditary causes and others to neurological causes because it’s considered a neurological disorder. Due to the lack of society’s awareness, patients’ suffering has increased, which negatively impacts both social and professional life. The study’s problem can be identified as an attempt to reach a prospective preventive vision in social work with stresses associated with migraine along with the resulting problems.