title: [Psychoanalytic aspects of migraine].
abstract: After a clinical example the migraine attack is interpreted as an attempt to reparate the hurted self. A comparison with psychoanalytic literature shows that migraine attacks were seen in the past above all under dynamic aspects of the drives and not under a narcisstic point of view. Specific genetic influences lead to a negative cathexis of the self and to obsessional defenses against sadness and mourning. The migraine attack generally decrease in the middle age of the life because of cathexis-changes in the self and a reduction of the libidinal drive in this age.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Psychoanalytische Aspekte der Migräne.