Understanding the Biological Relationship between Migraine and Depression
Adrián Viudez-Martínez,
Abraham B. Torregrosa,
Francisco Navarrete
et al.
Abstract:Migraine is a highly prevalent neurological disorder. Among the risk factors identified, psychiatric comorbidities, such as depression, seem to play an important role in its onset and clinical course. Patients with migraine are 2.5 times more likely to develop a depressive disorder; this risk becomes even higher in patients suffering from chronic migraine or migraine with aura. This relationship is bidirectional, since depression also predicts an earlier/worse onset of migraine, increasing the risk of migraine… Show more
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