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Neurological Sciences
Published in: Neurological Sciences 1/2018

01-06-2018 | MANAGEMENT AND THERAPY

Psychopathological profile of medication overuse headache patients, drug assumption and degree of disability

Authors: Simone Migliore, Matteo Paolucci, Livia Quintiliani, Claudia Altamura, Giulia D’Aurizio, Giuseppe Curcio, Fabrizio Vernieri

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Special Issue 1/2018

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Patients with medication overuse headache (MOH) show a complex psychopathological profile characterized by high rate of mood, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorders and dependence-related behavior. Several studies suggested a negative prognostic value for psychiatric comorbidities and reported that these represent a risk factor for the transformation of episodic into chronic headaches. Moreover, the presence of psychopathological disturbances seems to be a predictor of relapse and poor response to the treatment, complicating headache management and promoting the maintenance of MOH [1]. …
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Radat F, Lanteri-Minet M (2010) What is the role of dependence-related behavior in medication-overuse headache? Headache 50(10):1597–1611CrossRef
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Sarchielli P, Corbelli I, Messina P, Cupini LM, Bernardi G, Bono G, di Piero V, Petolicchio B, Livrea P, Prudenzano MP, Pini LA, Sandrini G, Allena M, Tedeschi G, Russo A, Caproni S, Beghi E, Calabresi P, the SAMOHA Study Group (2016) Psychopathological comorbidities in medication-overuse headache: a multicentre clinical study. Eur J Neurol 23(1):85–91CrossRef
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Title
Psychopathological profile of medication overuse headache patients, drug assumption and degree of disability
Authors
Simone Migliore
Matteo Paolucci
Livia Quintiliani
Claudia Altamura
Giulia D’Aurizio
Giuseppe Curcio
Fabrizio Vernieri
Publication date
01-06-2018
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Neurological Sciences / Issue Special Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-018-3390-6

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