Is headache only headache? Comorbidity of headaches and mental disordersObjective: To determine the psychiatric disorders comorbid with headaches and the characteristics of these disorders. Method:Patients who admitted to the neurology outpatient clinic with a main complaint of headache (n=71), and the same number of patients matching with age and sex (n=71) who admitted to the psychiatry outpatient clinic and had a non-psychotic diagnose in axis I were included into the study. Socio-demographic data and information about their headaches were obtained from all patients. The Visual Analog Scale and MINI-scan form were obtained and psychiatric diagnoses were made after the assessment by MINI.Results: There was not any difference between headache and psychiatric patients group in terms of sociodemographic data. Headache history was found higher in the families of headache group than the psychiatric patients group. High prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity was found in patients with headache (80.3%). All of the patients with tension-type headache (TTH) fulfilled the criteria for diagnosing a pain disorder by MINI, and also the high prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity (63.4%) was still taking place after excluding the pain disorder. The most frequent diagnose of psychiatric comorbidity was found as depressive disorders (64.8%) which is compatible with the literature.Discussion: The high prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity with headache is remarkable. More common family history of headache in headache patients than the other group suggests that there is a tendency to have headache independent from a psychiatric disorder in these patients. High comorbidity rate in the presence of psychosocial stressors suggests that there is a continuum among psychiatric comorbidity, headache and psychosocial stressors.Among the psychiatric comorbidity, depressive disorders predominate. On the other hand, the higher frequency of psychiatric comorbidity in patients with TTH is remarkable. It is observed that the uncertainty between the diagnostic criteria of pain disorder in DSM-IV and diagnostic criteria of TTH (Tension Type Headache) in ICHD (International Classification of Headache Disorders) causes some problems both in diagnosing and treatment of patients and also in researches. Tartışma: Baş ağrısı hastalarında psikiyatrik eş tanı yüksekliği dikkat çekicidir. Hastaların ailelerinde baş ağrısı öyküsünün belirgin olarak daha çok olması, kişide psikiyatrik bir sorun varlığından bağımsız bir baş ağrısı eğilimini işaret etmektedir.Psikososyal stresör varlığında yüksek eş tanı oranlarının olması, psikososyal stresör, psikiyatrik eş tanı ve baş ağrısı arasında bir süreklilik olduğunu göstermektedir. Psikiyatrik eş tanılar arasında depresif bozukluklar (depresyon) ağırlık taşımaktadır. Öte yandan araştırmamız gerilim tipi baş ağrısı hastalarındaki psikiyatrik eş tanı yüksekliğine dikkat çekmektedir. DSM-IV'teki ağrı bozukluğu tanı ölçütleri ile ICHD (International Classification of Headache Disorders) gerilim tipi baş ağrısı...
Objective: Severe mental disorders as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia often co-occur with chronic medical illnesses, especially cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Our aim was to estimate the prevalence of physical health problems in hospitalized patients and to determine the sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with physical comorbidity. Method: The medical records of all inpatients followed up between September 2007 and September 2009 were reviewed retrospectively. Results: 144 patients were evaluted of which 59 (%41) had schizophrenia, 31(%21.5) had bipolar disorder and 54 (%37.5) had other disorders. 43 (%29.9) patients had at least one medical illness, hypertension being the most common (%30) followed by thyroid disorders (%16) and diabetes mellitus (%11). Diabetes Mellitus was detected only in bipolar patients (p 0.005). Females were affected more than males regarding physical comorbidity (p 0.009). Patients with physical comorbidity were older (42.9 vs 35.54 yrs) and had a longer duration of illness (16.2 vs 10.0 yrs). Their hemoglobin levels were lower, blood glucose, urea, thyroid stimulating hormone levels were higher than the patients with no physical illness and the differences were all statistically significant (p 0.05). There was no difference regarding length of hospital stay, drug compliance, previous neuroleptic use, family history for medical and mental illness. Conclusions: Although it is generally accepted that many physical conditions have been associated with serious mental disorders, the exact nature of the relationship between them is still unclear. Further research is required to identify medical comorbidity risk factors in order to improve the physical health of these patients.
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