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Headache Attributed to Psychiatric Disorders

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A 14-year-old girl came to the office because of permanent and refractory headaches. She was symptom-free until the age of 12, when she started suffering from occasional headache attacks, some of them preceded by syncope. The first spell occurred at an airport toilet just prior to a family trip, during which no abnormality was present. However, attacks increased to 4–5 per week right after returning to town, precluding her from attending school. The present frequency of faints is around twice a month.

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  1. Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Maurice B. Vincent MD, PhD & Flávio Alheira

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  1. Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Aksel Siva

  2. Headache Medical Center Seilerstaette Linz, Hospital Sisters of Charity, Linz, Austria

    Christian Lampl

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Vincent, M.B., Alheira, F. (2015). Headache Attributed to Psychiatric Disorders. In: Siva, A., Lampl, C. (eds) Case-Based Diagnosis and Management of Headache Disorders. Headache. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06886-2_36

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