Complaints of dizziness, including vertigo, are common. Almost half are not explained by vestibular or neurologic disorders but are believed to be related to a psychiatric condition. Anxiety and depression also are very common in patients with vestibular migraines (VM), unlike patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). These researchers examined records of 547 patients with vertigo/dizziness (mean age, 55; 44% men), who received comprehensive neurological (including neuro-otological and neuro-ophthalmological) and standardized DSM-based psychiatric evaluations at a specialized treatment center.
Organic causes were found in 81% of patients; the most frequent causes were vestibular migraine (n=95), BPPV (n=87), and Meniere dise…
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DisclosuresRoyaltiesTextbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd and 3rd editions
Editorial BoardsUpToDate; Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesNorth American Brain Injury Association (Board Member); National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (Chair of Data Monitoring Safety Board for study of donepezil on cognition after traumatic brain injury)
DisclosuresRoyaltiesTextbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd and 3rd editions
Editorial BoardsUpToDate; Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesNorth American Brain Injury Association (Board Member); National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (Chair of Data Monitoring Safety Board for study of donepezil on cognition after traumatic brain injury)