COTARD SYNDROME IN A MIDDLE AGED MAN WITHOUT ORGANICITY

Abstract

Cotard's syndrome is a rare neuropsychiatric condition characterized by delusions of nihilism / non-existence concerning one's own body first described in 1880. Most commonly seen in severe depression, psychoses mostly associated with organic lesions of the nondominant temporoparietal regions of brain. Till now E.C.T remains the treatment of choice.Presented case report is of middle aged man with cotard syndrome with duration of untreated illness of few months and without any organic cause.