Cotard syndrome

Cotard syndrome

In this rare psychiatric disorder, the affected believed to have died, or has lost blood or an internal organ. This delirium can be dangerous because the deranged can act unpredictably. Often these behaviors are associated with nihilists and hypochondriacal personalities.Cotard syndrome is named after Jules Cotard, who was the first doctor who diagnosed this strange condition. He described the different phases of the disorder in a letter written in Paris in the 1880 thesis.

People affected by the syndrome Cotard refuse social contact and neglect their personal well-being. Its cause often lies in neurological or mental pathologies, and is associated with derealization and depression.