The 'dead man walking' disorder: an update on Cotard's syndrome - Tomasetti C, Valchera A, Fornaro M, Vellante F, Orsolini L, Carano A, Ventriglio A, Di Giannantonio M, De Berardis D.

In 1880, Jules Cotard described a peculiar syndrome after observing the case of a 43-year-old woman, which was characterized by melancholic anxiety, delusions of damnation or possession, a higher propensity to suicide ideation and deliberate self-harm, ana...
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