When the Patient Believes That the Organs Are Destroyed: Manifestation of Cotard’s Syndrome
Cotard’s Syndrome (CS) is a rare clinical event described for the first time in 1880 by the neurologist and psychiatrist Jules Cotard and characterized by negation delusions (or nihilists). Immortality and hypochondriac delusions are also typical. Nowadays, it is known that CS can be associated with...
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| description | Cotard’s Syndrome (CS) is a rare clinical event described for the first time in 1880 by the neurologist and psychiatrist Jules Cotard and characterized by negation delusions (or nihilists). Immortality and hypochondriac delusions are also typical. Nowadays, it is known that CS can be associated with many neuropsychiatric conditions. In this article, we describe the case of a patient that believed not having more organs and having the body deformed and whose CS was associated with a bigger depressive disorder. Although the electroconvulsive therapy is the most described treatment modality in the literature, the reported case had therapeutic success with association of imipramine and risperidone. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-018f9c7273794b31955ffb15cfc449132025-02-03T01:28:06ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352016-01-01201610.1155/2016/51013575101357When the Patient Believes That the Organs Are Destroyed: Manifestation of Cotard’s SyndromeLeonardo Machado0Luiz Evandro de Lima Filho1Liliane Machado2Neuropsychiatry Department and Postgraduation in Neuropsychiatry and Behavior Sciences Program, The Federal University of Pernambuco, 50670-901 Recife, PE, BrazilPsychology Department, The ESUDA College, 50050-100 Recife, PE, BrazilHospital of Mental Health Professor Frota Pinto, 60841-110 Fortaleza, CE, BrazilCotard’s Syndrome (CS) is a rare clinical event described for the first time in 1880 by the neurologist and psychiatrist Jules Cotard and characterized by negation delusions (or nihilists). Immortality and hypochondriac delusions are also typical. Nowadays, it is known that CS can be associated with many neuropsychiatric conditions. In this article, we describe the case of a patient that believed not having more organs and having the body deformed and whose CS was associated with a bigger depressive disorder. Although the electroconvulsive therapy is the most described treatment modality in the literature, the reported case had therapeutic success with association of imipramine and risperidone.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5101357 |
| spellingShingle | Leonardo Machado Luiz Evandro de Lima Filho Liliane Machado When the Patient Believes That the Organs Are Destroyed: Manifestation of Cotard’s Syndrome Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | When the Patient Believes That the Organs Are Destroyed: Manifestation of Cotard’s Syndrome |
| title_full | When the Patient Believes That the Organs Are Destroyed: Manifestation of Cotard’s Syndrome |
| title_fullStr | When the Patient Believes That the Organs Are Destroyed: Manifestation of Cotard’s Syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | When the Patient Believes That the Organs Are Destroyed: Manifestation of Cotard’s Syndrome |
| title_short | When the Patient Believes That the Organs Are Destroyed: Manifestation of Cotard’s Syndrome |
| title_sort | when the patient believes that the organs are destroyed manifestation of cotard s syndrome |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5101357 |
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