Longitudinal study shows that depression in childhood is associated with a worse evolution of headaches in adolescence.

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the course of headache diagnosis, headache frequency, anxiety, comorbid depressive symptoms and school absenteeism in adolescents with migraine and tension-type headaches five years after baseline.

Methods: We followed a group of 122 children with a mean age of 10.1 (±1.

Anxiety, depression and school absenteeism in youth with chronic or episodic headache.

Background: Chronic daily headache (CDH) in children has been documented in general and clinical populations. Comorbid psychological conditions, risk factors and functional outcomes of CDH in children are not well understood.

Objectives: To examine anxiety and depression, associated risk factors and school outcomes in a clinical population of youth with CDH compared with youth with episodic headache (EH).