The relation of cluster headache to alexithymia, depression, and anxiety.

IF 1 4区医学 Q4 NEUROSCIENCES

Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-03 DOI:10.1055/s-0044-1791516

Dilek İşcan, Cansu Dal

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Abstract

Background: The pathophysiology of cluster headaches (CHs) involves the trigeminovascular system, the parasympathetic nervous system, and the hypothalamus. Because of the affected hypothalamus, there may be limbic system involvement in CH.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between depression, anxiety, and alexithymia in CH, to demonstrate that the limbic system is affected.

Methods: A total of 18 patients with CHs who were outside of cluster period and 18 healthy controls were included. Participants were administered the Beck depression inventory (BDI), Beck anxiety inventory (BAI), and Toronto alexithymia scale-20 (TAS-20).

Results: Patients with CHs had significantly higher rates of alexithymia (p = 0.003) and depression (p = 0.014) than controls. There was no significant difference in anxiety levels (p = 0.297) between groups.

Conclusion: It was shown that, in addition to previously identified psychiatric disorders, alexithymia can accompany CHs in patients.

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丛集性头痛与自闭症、抑郁症和焦虑症的关系。

背景：丛集性头痛（CHs）的病理生理学涉及三叉神经血管系统、副交感神经系统和下丘脑。由于下丘脑受到影响，丛集性头痛可能涉及边缘系统：研究CH患者抑郁、焦虑和情感淡漠之间的关系，以证明边缘系统受到了影响：方法：共纳入 18 名非群集期的 CH 患者和 18 名健康对照者。对参与者进行了贝克抑郁量表（BDI）、贝克焦虑量表（BAI）和多伦多情感障碍量表-20（TAS-20）的测试：结果：CHs 患者的情感障碍（p = 0.003）和抑郁（p = 0.014）率明显高于对照组。组间焦虑水平无明显差异（p = 0.297）：结论：研究表明，除了以前发现的精神障碍外，CHs 患者还可能伴有情感淡漠。

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Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

2.10

自引率

7.10%

发文量

262

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria is the official journal of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology. The mission of the journal is to provide neurologists, specialists and researchers in Neurology and related fields with open access to original articles (clinical and translational research), editorials, reviews, historical papers, neuroimages and letters about published manuscripts. It also publishes the consensus and guidelines on Neurology, as well as educational and scientific material from the different scientific departments of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology. The ultimate goals of the journal are to contribute to advance knowledge in the areas of Neurology and Neuroscience, and to provide valuable material for training and continuing education for neurologists and other health professionals working in the area. These goals might contribute to improving care for patients with neurological diseases. We aim to be the best Neuroscience journal in Latin America within the peer review system.