After taking the lifetime migraine headache histories of 116 patients
with major depressive disorder, the authors compared the prevalence of
migraine headaches in these depressed patients with the prevalence of
migraine reported in four community surveys. There was a trend for the
depressed men to experience a higher prevalence of migraine than men in the
general population, but the depressed women had a migraine prevalence
similar to that of women in the general population. No differences on
multiple variables of depressive illness were found between depressed
patients with a history of migraine and those with none.Abstract Teaser