Douleur en psychiatrie

[Pain in mental health in the elderly]

Consideration of pain in mental health proves fundamental in psychiatry, a fortiori psychogeriatrics. The elderly person is often confronted with a painful existential situation and the experience of physical pain that go unheard. This algic component of somatic origin is still, like moral pain, too trivialized, because of becoming elderly too fast. The culture of the fight against pain needs to be developed further as well as the practical training of doctors and caregivers.