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Mood, pattern sensitivity and headache: a longitudinal study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Duncan D. Nulty ,
Arnold J. Wilkins  and
J. Mark G. Williams
Duncan D. Nulty
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council, Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge
Arnold J. Wilkins
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council, Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge
J. Mark G. Williams*
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council, Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge
*
1Address for correspondence and other materials: Dr Mark Williams, MRC Applied Psychology Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 2EF.
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Synopsis

Fifteen persons who admitted to chronic worry were asked to complete morning and evening diaries in which they reported the occurrence of headaches, assessed their mood, and observed a visually stressful pattern, noting the illusions it induced. Results showed an association between both trait and state measures of mood and headache occurrence, and between trait and state measures of headache occurrence and illusion susceptibility. However, mood and illusion susceptibility did not appear themselves to be associated either as trait or state variables. The implications of these results for remediation of headaches are discussed.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , August 1987 , pp. 705 - 713
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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