Clinical and psychological characteristics of migraine patients

Introduction. Understanding the clinical and psychological characteristics of migraine patients is essential for developing effective multidisciplinary treatment that includes methods. The personality continue to be studied discussed. study individual-psychological in with different frequency topical. Aim. To assess varying migraine. Materials Methods. Sixty patients, mean age 32.92 ± 6.23 years, were included study. Depending on migraine, all participants allocated 1 3 groups: Group – rare episodic migraine; 2 frequent chronic All interviewed tested. Results discussion. There no significant differences between groups terms values neuroticism, psychoticism, extraversion or introversion. Most each group moderately neurotic others highly neurotic; most ambivalent, i.e., shared both introvert extrovert traits, rest being either pure introvert. None psychotic (prone inappropriate emotional reactions). In group, a normal temperament type melancholic spectrum temperaments predominated. Conclusion. Depressive anxiety disorders are more common than Neuroticism, psychoticism extraversion/introversion found regardless attacks.