Farris SG, et al. - Researchers performed this exploratory study to appraise how anxiety sensitivity is associated with emotional disorders, migraine characteristics, and migraine-related fear and avoidance behaviors in women with probable migraine. A hundred women who screened positive for migraine on the validated IDMigraine Screener took part in an anonymous single-session online survey-based study on migraine were included. On average, participants had higher anxiety sensitivity clinically. Findings suggested a strong correlation of anxiety sensitivity cognitive and social concerns with the severity of anxiety and depressive symptoms; a link between all anxiety sensitivity facets and fear of head pain was observed. In addition, they observed the unique correlation of anxiety sensitivity cognitive concern facet to headache patterns, including longer migraine attack duration and pain intensity, pain-related avoidance (avoiding movement), and more frequent misuse of prescribed or non-prescribed pain medication. Given the increased severe pain and psychiatric distress relative to anxiety sensitivity, they suggest targeting anxiety sensitivity to improve headache outcomes.