Psychiatric comorbidity in patients with chronic daily headache and migraine: A selective overview including personality traits and suicide risk

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 283-290

  Pompili, Maurizio ^a,b   Di Cosimo, Daniela ^a   Innamorati, Marco ^c   Lester, David ^d   Tatarelli, Roberto ^a   Martelletti, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÀ EUROPEA DI ROMA   (Italy)

^d RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Headache; Psychiatric disorders; Suicide risk; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DYSTHYMIA; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE AURA; MOOD DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PANIC; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TENSION HEADACHE;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 67650526423     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-009-0134-2     Document Type: Review

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