title: [Pain: a psychogeriatric perspective].
abstract: Identifying pain in old people is very important, because it modifies daily life and functional performance, and it increases dependence from others. It may be expressed not only as a sensitive experience but also as psychological disorders. It interferes with cognitive area and it is a risk factor for suicide. The subject is considered from a multidimensional approach: in the diagnosis of pain in the interview and as a psychiatric evaluation in other medical areas.
authors.affiliation: Equipo de psicogeriatría y de la sala de internación Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pisa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D010147:Pain Measurement