The high level of psychiatric disorders associated with migraine or tension-type headache in adolescents [Ergenlerde migren veya gerilim tipi baş ağrısı ile ilişkili psikiyatrik bozuklukların yüksek düzeyleri]

Objectives: this study aimed to evaluate the relation between psychiatric disorders,and migraine or tension-type headache (tth),together with severity of depression and anxiety symptoms,in adolescents with headache. methods: headache types of 140 adolescents aged 12 to 18 years were investigated by a headache specialist,through face-to-face interviews according to the diagnostic criteria of international classification of headache disorders,3rd edition beta version (ichd-3 beta). psychiatric disorders of participants were assessed via dsm-iv diagnostic criteria. sociodemographic information form,depression scale,and the state-trait anxiety scale for children were applied to the patients accordingly. results: higher rates of psychiatric disorders (82%) were observed in the migraine and tension-type headache (tth) groups. the most frequent comorbid psychiatric disorder was anxiety disorder. in patients with tth,the number of attacks was statistically higher. in patients with migraine,the frequency of throbbing headache was elevated with the co-occurrence of anxiety disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd). in patients with tth,the description of worsening of pain with movement was raised with anxiety disorder comorbidity. a weak correlation existed between headache prevalence and headache severity in patients with migraine. similarly,in the tth group,a weak association between headache prevalence and depression-anxiety scores were reported. conclusions: our findings support the association between migraine or tth and anxiety and depression symptoms in adolescents. this highlights the importance of headache considering possible comorbid psychiatric disorders. this implies a necessity for multidisciplinary and prospective clinical studies to make clear the importance of the chronification hypothesis. © 2018,ege university press. all rights reserved.