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Headache in a psychiatric population

C Philips, M Hunter

    The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
    |January 1, 1982
    PubMed
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    Psychiatric patients experience more frequent and severe headaches, particularly migraines and tension types, compared to general practice patients. Despite this, few consider headaches a major issue, though they correlate with neuroticism and general psychiatric distress.

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    Area of Science:

    • Neurology
    • Psychiatry

    Background:

    • Headaches are common, but their prevalence and severity in psychiatric populations are not well understood.
    • Previous research suggests a link between mental health conditions and headache disorders.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To compare headache frequency and severity in psychiatric patients versus a general practice sample.
    • To explore the relationship between headaches and psychiatric diagnoses/symptoms in psychiatric patients.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis of headache reports from 300 psychiatric patients.
    • Comparison with data from a general practice sample.
    • Psychometric assessment for neurotic tendency and depression, alongside clinical diagnoses.

    Main Results:

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    • Psychiatric patients reported more frequent and severe migraines and tension headaches than general practice patients.
    • Headache sufferers showed higher neurotic tendency scores and were more often diagnosed with neurological conditions.
    • No direct link was found between headache diagnosis and depression, but depression symptom scores were higher in headache cases, suggesting general psychiatric distress.

    Conclusions:

    • Headaches, especially migraines and tension types, are more prevalent and severe in psychiatric patients.
    • Headaches in this population may be linked to neuroticism and general psychiatric distress rather than specific diagnoses like depression.
    • The study suggests headaches might contribute to psychiatric distress, not just be a symptom of it.