Migraine: association with personality characteristics and psychopathology.
The relationship between migraine and psychopathology has been discussed far more often than it has been systematically studied. Twentieth-century investigators have frequently described the obsessional rigid, angry personality postulated to characterize migraine sufferers. More recent population-based studies have demonstrated associations between migraine and depression and migraine and panic disorder. This article discusses the relationship of migraine and personality and migraine and psychopathology.
Silberstein
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Comprehensive Headache Center, Germantown Hospital and Medical Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Lipton
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Breslau
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D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011599:Psychopathology; D012107:Research Design