Open AccessCotard Syndrome with Catatonia: Unique Combination
Author(s) -
Aniruddha Basu,
Priti Singh,
Rajiv Kumar Gupta,
Sandeep Soni
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.119490
Subject(s) - catatonia , pharmacotherapy , psychiatry , medicine , psychology , psychotherapist , schizophrenia (object oriented programming)
Cotard syndrome is a rare psychiatric condition characterized by extreme nihilistic delusions. Catatonia though common, its combination with the Cotard syndrome is exceeding rare and more so the response with the pharmacotherapy as in our case. Since, both are found in organic conditions the importance of studying such a case is to understand the underlying neurobiologic determinants.