Migraine: association with personality characteristics and psychopathology

Cephalalgia. 1995 Oct;15(5):358-69; discussion 336. doi: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1995.1505358.x.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Humans
  • MMPI
  • Mental Disorders / complications
  • Migraine Disorders / complications
  • Migraine Disorders / psychology*
  • Personality Assessment*
  • Psychopathology
  • Research Design