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P008. Alexithymia and chronic migraine with medication overuse: what relationship?

Authors: Sara Bottiroli, Federica Galli, Michele Viana, Grazia Sances, Marta Allena, Natascia Ghiotto, Elena Guaschino, Giorgio Sandrini, Cristina Tassorelli, Giuseppe Nappi

Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain | Special Issue 1/2015

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Alexithymia is a personality trait characterized by the inability to identify and express emotions. Neuroimaging studies showed specific neural correlates in alexithymic subjects [1] and pathological scores of alexithymia in several chronic pain populations and in episodic migraine [2, 3]. There is also evidence of a positive association between alexithymia, depression, and anxiety in migraine patients. So far, no study has evaluated alexithymia in medication-overuse headache patients (MOH) (progressed by migraine) versus episodic migraine patients (MIG). The present study was aimed to evaluate whether MOH individuals differ from MIG as regards alexithymia scores and to investigate the association of alexithymia with headache characteristics. …

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Title: P008. Alexithymia and chronic migraine with medication overuse: what relationship?
Authors: Sara Bottiroli
Federica Galli
Michele Viana
Grazia Sances
Marta Allena
Natascia Ghiotto
Elena Guaschino
Giorgio Sandrini
Cristina Tassorelli
Giuseppe Nappi
Publication date: 01-12-2015
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain / Issue Special Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1129-2369
Electronic ISSN: 1129-2377
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1129-2377-16-S1-A150

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