Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is associated with migraine headaches
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Ole Bernt Fasmer • Anne Halmّy • Ketil Joachim Oedegaard • Jan Haavik
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is now recognized as a common disorder both in child and adult psychiatry. Adult patients with a diagnosis of ADHD (n = 572) and community controls (n = 675) responded to auto-questionnaires rating past and present symptoms of ADHD, co-morbid conditions, including migraine, treatment history and work status. The prevalence of migraine was significantly higher in the patient group compared to the controls (28.3% vs. 19.2%, P\0.001, OR = 1.67, CI 1.28–2.17). The difference from controls was particularly marked for men (22.5% vs. 10.7%, P\0.001, OR = 2.43, CI 1.51–3.90) but was also significant for women (34.4% vs. 24.9%, P = 0.008, OR = 1.58, CI 1.13–2.21). In both patients and controls, migraine was associated with symptoms of mood and anxiety disorders. These findings point to a co-morbidity of migraine with ADHD, and it is possible that these patients represent a clinical and biological subgroup of adult patients with ADHD.
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci DOI 10.1007/s00406-011-0203-9 Received: 5 May 2010 / Accepted: 25 February 2011
