Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychiatric comorbidity(depression and panic disorder), stress coping styles and personality traits in a general population with migraine. The prevalence of migraine in 300 college students was assessed by the questionnaire of headache. Comparisons were made among the groups with migraine with aura, with migraine without aura, with other headaches and with no headache on the SRQD, questionnaire of panic disorder and LHQ. Among those 300 students, 24% of them have had migraine all their life. 20 migraine students(28%)fultilled the DSM-IV criteria for major depression and 24 migraine students(33%)for panic disorder. Especially the group with migraine without aura showed a significant association with psychiatric comorbidity than other groups with headaches or without headache. Compared with the group of no headache, the group of migraine without aura demonstrated a high tendency of active coping behavior under stents. Compared with the group of other headaches and the group of no headache, the both groups of migraine were characterized by their vulnerability to time pressure.
