‘Only in England’: the origins of the British Migraine Association and Migraine Trust, 1954–66

Mark W. Weatherall

doi:10.1093/brain/awag250

July 23, 2026Brain

‘Only in England’: the origins of the British Migraine Association and Migraine Trust, 1954–66

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This research investigates the establishment of the British Migraine Association and its influence on migraine advocacy.
Historical analysis of documents and organizational records.
Examination of sociopolitical influences on migraine advocacy.
Chronological tracing of events from 1954 to 1966.
British Migraine Association was established in 1955 as a pioneering patient advocacy group.
Interaction between politics and medicine led to the creation of the Migraine Trust in 1965.
The association influenced public and medical perceptions of migraine.

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Historical analysis reveals the creation of patient advocacy and formation of migraine organizations in England.

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The British Migraine Association was the world’s first patient advocacy organization in the field of headache. Mark Weatherall traces the origin of the association to 1955, and shows how politics and medicine created 'Establishment Migraine' in the shape of The Migraine Trust in 1965.

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