Abstract

RUEDA JAIMES, Germán Eduardo; GAONA BARBOSA, Iván Augusto  and  MARTINEZ LADINO, Yuli Andrea. Comorbidity of Bipolar Disorder and Migraine: A Sistematic Review. rev.colomb.psiquiatr. [online]. 2005, vol.34, n.4, pp.529-540. ISSN 0034-7450.

Introduction: Migraine and bipolar disorder (BD) are prevalent conditions and of great relevance for the general population. Some studies have informed of their association but until now we don’t know if it is real. Objective: To conduct a systematic review to evaluate the known evidence of the association between migraine and BD. Methods: A search was placed in Medline, Proquest y Lilacs and it was complemented with the direct revision of the references of the found works. Results: 12 articles were selected, three of the ones corresponded to reports of the same study. Five only presented the prevalence and don’t let us conclude of the migraine association and BD. Other five include comparison groups; however, they presented methodological problems, especially in the validity of the diagnoses. We revised the strengths and limitations of the studies. Conclusion: The evidence that support the association between migraine and BD is actually weak.

Keywords : Bipolar disorder; migraine; comorbidity.

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