A Neuropsychiatric Analysis of a Delusional Syndrome I Am Dead- Walking Corpse Syndrome

Walking corpse syndrome is an infrequent state that is so far to be grouped as an illness. Nihilistic delusions regarding the personal body are the main characteristics of Cotard’s syndrome. Sick person with the walking corpse disorder, a scattered neuropsychiatric sickness, can have mistaken impression or false impression that their framework is reduced, interdiction reside, are crumbling aside, or have astray each of themself chief organs. They occasionally even have the capability to in hell the putrefying flesh. The sickness is for most categorized as “existence denial”. Guiltiness, worry, and negative feelings can sometime accompany it. Conversely, some ill person could be convinced they are undying. Both emotional and somatic conditions can origin Cotard’s syndrome, so profound distinctive work-up is required. Cotard’s syndrome in juveniles or adolescents appears to be connected escorted by bipolar condition. Intervention should be administered in the direction of the underlying causes. During the condition of depression with psychotic signs and symptoms, successful intervention with electroconvulsive therapy is regularly administrated. The two-factor model and the interactionist structure are the most essential causes hypotheses for misconception of misidentification, but empirical information for Cotard’s syndrome is scarce. Keywords: Cotard’s syndrome, denial, Nihilistic delusion, Walking corpse syndrome, Neuropsychiatric illness.

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International Journal of Research and Review
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2025-02-21
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https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20250238
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Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
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A Neuropsychiatric Analysis of a Delusional Syndrome I Am Dead- Walking Corpse Syndrome

Sougata Panda, Mandira Gope
International Journal of Research and Review
Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
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A Neuropsychiatric Analysis of a Delusional Syndrome I Am Dead- Walking Corpse Syndrome

Sougata Panda, Mandira Gope
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Abstract

Walking corpse syndrome is an infrequent state that is so far to be grouped as an illness. Nihilistic delusions regarding the personal body are the main characteristics of Cotard’s syndrome. Sick person with the walking corpse disorder, a scattered neuropsychiatric sickness, can have mistaken impression or false impression that their framework is reduced, interdiction reside, are crumbling aside, or have astray each of themself chief organs. They occasionally even have the capability to in hell the putrefying flesh. The sickness is for most categorized as “existence denial”. Guiltiness, worry, and negative feelings can sometime accompany it. Conversely, some ill person could be convinced they are undying. Both emotional and somatic conditions can origin Cotard’s syndrome, so profound distinctive work-up is required. Cotard’s syndrome in juveniles or adolescents appears to be connected escorted by bipolar condition. Intervention should be administered in the direction of the underlying causes. During the condition of depression with psychotic signs and symptoms, successful intervention with electroconvulsive therapy is regularly administrated. The two-factor model and the interactionist structure are the most essential causes hypotheses for misconception of misidentification, but empirical information for Cotard’s syndrome is scarce. Keywords: Cotard’s syndrome, denial, Nihilistic delusion, Walking corpse syndrome, Neuropsychiatric illness.

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