title: [Love and sexuality in the elderly].
abstract: Love and sexuality in elderly are considered according to the psychoanalytical theory of libido, then distinguishing genital sexuality and its regressive or perverse forms. The ageing couple is presented through the psychopathology of widowhood and of conjoined burden in the couple.
authors.affiliation: Département de gérontopsychiatrie rive gauche, centre hospitalier Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, 69373 Lyon, Cedex 08. pmcharazac@ch-st-jean-de-dieu-lyon.fr
authors.forename: Pierre-Marie
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Charazac
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology; D019529:Sexuality / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D017805:Widowhood / Q000523:psychology