SynthesisThe journal of headache and pain2019
Understanding the nature of psychiatric comorbidity in migraine: a systematic review focused on interactions and treatment implications.
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118 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 229 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Repurposed versus disease-specific medicinals for the prophylaxis of migraine: an updated systematic review.Pain management · 2025Pooled it
- Global trends in migraine and anxiety over the past 10 years: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- A role of NLRP3 and MMP9 in migraine progression: a systematic review of translational study.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Comorbidities of primary headache disorders: a literature review with meta-analysis.The journal of headache and pain · 2021Pooled it
- The Migraine-Anxiety Comorbidity Among Migraineurs: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Pooled it
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- The effects of concurrent alpha-linolenic acid, L-carnitine supplementation on clinical symptoms, mental health, and quality of life in women with migraine: a randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled trial.Nutrition journal · 2025Trial
- Heart rate variability biofeedback in patients with functional dizziness.Journal of neurology · 2025Trial
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- Artificial intelligence analysis to explore synchronize exercise, cobalamin, and magnesium as new actors to therapeutic of migraine symptoms: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Trial
- Patient-identified most bothersome symptom in preventive migraine treatment with eptinezumab: A novel patient-centered outcome.Headache · 2021Trial
- Effects of fremanezumab in patients with chronic migraine and comorbid depression: Subgroup analysis of the randomized HALO CM study.Headache · 2021Trial
- A global real-world assessment of the impact on health-related quality of life and work productivity of migraine in patients with insufficient versus good response to triptan medication.The journal of headache and pain · 2020Trial
- [Migraine patients treated with CGRP(R) antibodies : Are they different from patients treated with nonspecific oral prophylaxis? Analysis from the DMKG headache registry].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Article
- Response to Galcanezumab in a Patient with Complex Neuropsychiatric Comorbidity: A Case Report.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Multidisciplinary management of headache in developmental age: effects on school performance, quality of life, and therapeutic perspectives.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Review
- Psychiatric Disorders, Headache Comorbidity, and Quality of Life in a Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2026Article
- Efficacy of prefrontal-occipital transcranial direct current stimulation for refractory chronic migraine.BMC neurology · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundMigraine is a highly prevalent and disabling neurological disorder which is commonly linked with a broad range of psychiatric comorbidities, especially among subjects with migraine with aura or chronic migraine. Defining the exact nature of the association between migraine and psychiatric disorders and bringing out the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the comorbidity with psychiatric conditions are relevant issues in the clinical practice.
methodsA systematic review of the most relevant studies about migraine and psychiatric comorbidity was performed using "PubMed", "Scopus", and "ScienceDirect" electronic databases from 1 January 1998 to 15 July 2018. Overall, 178 studies met our inclusion criteria and were included in the current review.
resultsAccording to the most relevant findings of our overview, the associations with psychiatric comorbidities are complex, with a bidirectional association of major depression and panic disorder with migraine. Importantly, optimizing the pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of either migraine or its psychiatric comorbidities might help clinicians to attenuate the burden of both these conditions.
conclusionsThe available data highlight the need for a comprehensive evaluation of psychiatric disorders in migraine in order to promote an integrated model of care and carefully address the burden and psychosocial impairment related to psychiatric comorbidities in migraine.
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