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Relationship of Headaches to Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Michael J. Garvey ,
Charles B. Schaffer  and
V. B. Tuason
Michael J. Garvey
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of California Davis Medical Center, 2315 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
Charles B. Schaffer
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of California Davis Medical Center, 2315 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
V. B. Tuason
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, 640 Jackson Street, St Paul, Minnesota 55101, USA
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Summary

One hundred and sixteen patients with major depressive disorder were asked for details of headaches during a depressive episode and during a nondepressed period. They experienced a headache rate similar to controls during the nondepressed period, but had an increased headache rate during depression (P <.02). Patients with an increase in depressive headaches were younger, had more somatic complaints, and experienced more hypersomnia than other depressives.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 143 , Issue 6 , December 1983 , pp. 544 - 547
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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