Psychiatric comorbidity in patients with bilateral vestibulopathy

Objectives: Patients with vertigo exhibit a high coincidence of organic vestibular disorders and psychiatric disorders. This is especially true for patients with Meniere's syndrome and migraine, but not for patients with vestibular neuritis [1]. The aim of this study was to determine if patients with bilateral vestibulopathy (BVP) suffer from somatoform or psychiatric distress and comorbidity. Methods: In an interdisciplinary study 18 patients with BVP and 12 age-matched healthy volunteers were examined in the Departments of Neurology and Psychosomatic Medicine. The neurological diagnostic procedures included a…