[Depression in the elderly. Clinical aspects].

DIFFICULT DIAGNOSIS: Depression in the elderly can take on many often misleading aspects. Sadness may be considered legitimate or "normal" for an elderly person. Depression may masquerade as an organic disorder where somatic complaints, pain and anxiety predominate. All these different clinical forms may mislead the clinician. THE MASK OF HYPOCHONDRIA: A tendency to hypochondria, found in more than one-half of all depressed elderly subjects, may...