Is there a psychological component to headaches?

All chronic diseases will at some point involve the psyche- and this may lead to a reciprocal interaction between the disease symptoms and the psychological well-being. It is extremely important to acknowledge this fact. At the same time this does not mean that the psyche alone can generate headache de novo. Headache as the sole and only symptom is unlikely to be of psychological orign (psychogenic). Only if there are muptiple symptoms of multiple areas in the body (for example unexplainesd palpitation and tachycardia, obstipation or diarroea, vertigo, stomach cramps and many others), it may be possible that there is a psychological component to headache as one of these symptoms.

That said: We know that a headache with clear biological and genetic background such aas migraine is modulated by psychological factors such as stress. Behavioral therapy is certainly helpful in targeting and treating migraine. So the answer is yes- there is a psychological element to headache and some treatments (e.g. behavior therapy) targets this correlation- although the psyche is not the cause of the headache in migraine.