The Cotard's Syndrome, which is also commonly known as the “walking corpse syndrome,“ is an extremely rare psychiatric disorder in which the sufferer holds a delusional belief that they are genuinely dead. The disorder was named after French neurologist, Jules Cotard, whom first described this disorder.
A Case Report of Cotard’s Syndrome:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2695744/
Interesting read:http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/disease-prone/no-seriously-im-dead/
Corina Marinescu
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