The prevalence of psychiatric disorder among female new referrals to a migraine clinic
- 1 May 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 19 (4) , 919-925
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700005638
Abstract
SYNOPSIS In a consecutive series of 46 female new referrals to a migraine clinic, 17 patients (37%)complained of increased irritability and/or depression in association with more than 50% of their migraine attacks. This was not related to the attack frequency or duration. Sixteen patients (33 %) met DSM-III criteria for a current diagnosis of an affective syndrome and when present this was significantly associated with these complaints.Keywords
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