Presented is a selected review of the literature pertaining to migraine and tension headache of the past thirty or more years. Existence of “migraine” personality is explored. Association between psychiatric disorders and headache is examined. Problems of definition of these concepts are discussed and current thinking to resolve some of the clinical issues of these two types of headaches is presented.
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