Author/Editor | Kores-Plesničar, Blanka | |
Title | Glavobol kot simptom v psihiatrični praksi | |
Translated title | Headache as a symptom in psychiatric practice | |
Type | članek | |
Source | Med Razgl | |
Vol. and No. | Letnik 39, št. Suppl 9 | |
Publication year | 2000 | |
Volume | str. 83-90 | |
Language | slo | |
Abstract | Chronic headache is a common complaint in neurological clinical practice, althought it is usually more than a symptom of neurological disturbances or diseases. It is often associated with depressive and anxiety disorders, which can significantly interfere with its diagnostic procedures end treatment Conversely, being a symptom of a depressive disorder, it can blur its clinical expression.In some cases, headache is a component of somatization disorders and is sometimes used by patients as the means m simulate the symptoms in order to gain secondary benefits. The treatment of headache must be regarded as a convergence of efforts of medical experts from various fields and specialities, including liaison psychiatry. This is the only way to significantly improve patients' quality of life. | |
Summary | Glavobol, predvsem kronični, je pogosta pritožba bolnikov v nevrološki klinični praksi, ni pa vedno samo simptom nevroloških težav ali obolenj. Velikorat je združen s psihiatričnimi motnjami, v glavnem z depresivnimi in anksioznimi. Te lahko diagnostiko in zdravljenje glavobola pomembno otežujejo, sam glavobol kot simptom depresivne motnje pa obratno lahko prikrije njeno izraznost. Glavobol je v nekaterih primerih tudi komponenta somatizacijskih motenj, nenazadnje pa tudi ciljno sredstvo tistih, ki simptome simulirajo zaradi sekundarnih koristi. Zdravljenje glavobola mora biti v specifičnih primerih plod sodelovanja zdravnikov različnih specialnosti in smeri, kamor je vključena tudi liaison psihiatrija. Le takšen pristop k diagnostiki in zdravljenju nejasnih glavobolov lahko vodi v pomembno izboljšanje bolnikove kvalitete življenja. | |
Descriptors | HEADACHE PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS DEPRESSIVE DISORDER ANXIETY DISORDERS STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL BRAIN NEOPLASMS SOMATOFORM DISORDERS MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME COMORBIDITY |