Personality and Psychiatric Co-Morbidities Associated with Tension Type Headache (TTH) and Migraine: A Review

Tension type headache (TTH) and Migraine is the most common type of primary headache. Psychological difficulties and stress are widely demonstrated as a contributing factor in such headaches. It was also evident in studies that having different personality traits individuals respond differently to stressful situations. In this view the present study was aimed to review the personality and psychiatric co morbidity in patients of TTH and Migraine. The related literature was searched on Pubmed, Proquest, PsychINFO and Google for all the available studies associated with TTH, Migraine, Personality type and Psychiatric co morbidities. The search was restricted to 10 year old studies i.e. in between 2003-2013. Certain personality traits and psychiatric co morbidities affect the persons with TTH and Migraine.