• Br J Psychiatry · Apr 2009

    Multicenter Study Comparative Study

    Migraine in recurrent depression: case-control study.

    • Zainab Samaan, Anne Farmer, Nick Craddock, Lisa Jones, Ania Korszun, Mike Owen, and Peter McGuffin.
    • McMaster University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Mood Disorders Program, Centre for Mountain Health Services, St Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3K7, Canada. samaanz@mcmaster.ca
    • Br J Psychiatry. 2009 Apr 1;194(4):350-4.

    BackgroundAn association between depression and headache is well established, but the specificity to migraine is unclear.AimsTo investigate the specificity of the association of depression and migraine.MethodPeople with recurrent depression (n=1259) were compared with psychiatrically healthy controls (n=851) to investigate headache defined according to International Headache Society criteria in each group.ResultsAll headache types were more prevalent in the case group than in the controls. However, the strongest association was between depression and migraine with aura (OR=5.6). Among participants with recurrent headaches, migraine with aura (but not other forms of headache) was highly significantly associated with depression.ConclusionsThe data suggest that not only is there a general relationship between headache and depression but also that among people with recurrent headache there is a specific association between depression and migraine with aura. The association is likely to be explained by overlapping aetiological risk factors.

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