Abstract
Headache affects many children and adolescent causing disability. Many studies underline the role of psychological factors in children’s headache. A recent review [1] questioned the existence of psychological difficulties in migraine children, concluding that they don’t exhibit neither more psychological dysfunctions nor more psychiatric comorbidity then healthy controls. It is not clear how psychological factors effect on different kinds of headache. We wanted to clarify if there is a difference in the influence of psychological factors on migraine compared to healthy subjects and tension-type headache (TTH).
Highlights
Headache affects many children and adolescent causing disability
There was no significant difference between the two sub-types
We suggest to investigate this area and to treat children and adolescent in order to prevent a chronic evolution of the pain syndrome
Summary
Headache affects many children and adolescent causing disability. Many studies underline the role of psychological factors in children’s headache. A recent review [1] questioned the existence of psychological difficulties in migraine children, concluding that they don’t exhibit neither more psychological dysfunctions nor more psychiatric comorbidity healthy controls. It is not clear how psychological factors effect on different kinds of headache. We wanted to clarify if there is a difference in the influence of psychological factors on migraine compared to healthy subjects and tension-type headache (TTH)
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