ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2022
Headache and mental disorders in a nationally representative sample of American youth.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Primary headache epidemiology in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The journal of headache and pain · 2023Pooled it
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- A Comprehensive Mendelian Randomization Study of Bidirectional Causal Relationships Between Pain and Mental Disorders.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- Headaches, mental health disorders, and religiosity: analysis of the Saudi National Mental Health Survey.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Characteristics and management of headache among psychiatric outpatients at a Japanese general hospital: A retrospective study with an exploratory CGRP case series.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025Article
- Do Common Genetic Factors Underlie Comorbidity Between Migraine and Major Depressive Disorder in Youth?Pediatric neurology · 2025Article
- Beyond the Pain: A Critical Examination of the Psychopathological and Neuropsychological Dimensions of Primary Headaches in Pediatric Populations.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Quality Improvement Initiative to Implement Anxiety Screening for Children and Teens With Headache and Epilepsy.Neurology. Clinical practice · 2025Article
- Psychiatric Co-Morbidities Among Children and Adolescents With Headache: Findings From a Cross-Sectional Study in Bangladesh.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
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- Functional Disability and Psychological Impact in Headache Patients: A Comparative Study Using Conventional Statistics and Machine Learning Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- The Headache Psychologists' Role in Pediatric and Adult Headache Care: A Qualitative Study of Expert Practitioners.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2024Article
- Eating attitudes of migraine patients in Turkey: a prospective multi-center study.BMC neurology · 2024Article
- Urine 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid Negatively Correlates with Migraine Occurrence and Characteristics in the Interictal Phase of Episodic Migraine.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Comorbidities of Rural Children and Adolescents with Migraine and without Migraine.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
The objective of this study is to examine the association between headache and mental disorders in a nationally representative sample of American youth. We used the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement to assess sex-specific prevalence of lifetime migraine and non-migraine headache using modified International Headache Society criteria and examine associations between headache subtypes and DSM-IV mental disorders. Adolescent report (n = 10,123) was used to identify headache subtypes and anxiety, mood, eating, and substance use disorders. ADHD and behavior disorder were based on parent report (n = 6483). Multivariate logistic regression analyses controlling for key demographic characteristics were used to examine associations between headache and mental disorders. Headache was endorsed by 26.9% (SE = 0.7) of the total sample and was more prevalent among females. Youth with headache were more than twice as likely (OR 2.74, 95% CI 1.94-3.83) to meet criteria for a DSM-IV disorder. Migraine, particularly with aura, was associated with depression and anxiety (adjusted OR 1.90-2.90) and with multiple classes of disorders. Adolescent headache, particularly migraine, is associated with anxiety, mood, and behavior disorders in a nationally representative sample of US youth. Headache is highly prevalent among youth with mental disorders, and youth with headache should be assessed for comorbid depression and anxiety that may influence treatment, severity, and course of both headache and mental disorders.
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