Citation

Grover S, Aneja J, Mahajan S, Varma S. J. Neurosci. Rural Pract. 2014; 5(5): S59-S62.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/0976-3147.145206

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Cotard's syndrome is a rare neuropsychiatric condition in which the patient denies existence of one's own body to the extent of delusions of immortality. One of the consequences of Cotard's syndrome is self-starvation because of negation of existence of self. Although Cotard's syndrome has been reported to be associated with various organic conditions and other forms of psychopathology, it is less often reported to be seen in patients with catatonia. In this report we present two cases of Cotard's syndrome, both of whom had associated self-starvation and nutritional deficiencies and one of whom had associated catatonia.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; female; male; Review; aged; case report; bipolar disorder; insomnia; depression; malnutrition; suicide attempt; mood disorder; hopelessness; disease association; antisocial behavior; smoking; weight reduction; fluoxetine; physical examination; paranoia; middle aged; electroconvulsive therapy; mental stress; starvation; olanzapine; guilt; Hamilton scale; lorazepam; catatonia; hypertension; escitalopram; chronic obstructive lung disease; feces incontinence; urine incontinence; anhedonia; muscle rigidity; mood stabilizer; prostate hypertrophy; persecutory delusion; Catatonia; mutism; decreased appetite; chronic otitis media; sadness; catastrophizing; Cotard syndrome; Cotard's syndrome