Cotard Syndrome — A Case Report.
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2011-09
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Abstract
Cotard’s Syndrome, is a very rare neuropsychiatric
condition in which the sufferer holds a delusional belief
that he or she is dead, does not exist, is putrefying or has
lost his/her blood or internal organs. The syndrome is
described to have various degrees of severity, ranging from
mild to severe. It is seen in subjects with depression,
schizophrenia and psychoorganic syndromes. The present
case vignette is of a lady, who manifested the phenomenon
of Cotard Syndrome in the background of depression.
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Cotard Syndrome, Depression, Nihilistic delusion
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Neogi Rajarshi, Dan Amit. Cotard Syndrome — A Case Report. Indian Medical Gazette. 2011 Sept; 145 (9): 371-373.