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P-1235 - Effect of Cultural Themes on Forming Cotard's Syndrome; Reporting a Case of Cotard's Syndrome With Depersonalization and out of Body Experience Symptoms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

A. Ghaffarinejad  and
F. Estilaee
A. Ghaffarinejad
Affiliation:
Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
F. Estilaee
Affiliation:
Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Abstract

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Objective

Cotard's syndrome is a rare psychiatric syndrome, which is well- known since more than one hundred years. It's core symptom is nihilistic ideation or delusion. In this case report, the effect of culture on forming the symptoms of a female patient with Cotard's syndrome was the matter of concern.

Method

A single case with Cotard's syndrome associated with out of body experience and depersonalization and complicated grief was reported. she believed that she was killed by a superstitious creature named “Aal” in Persian folclor.

Conclusion

Cultural and superstitious beliefs could effect on forming complex constellation of patients symptoms including Cotard's syndrome. The resolution of symptoms might be step by step.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2012 , pp. 1
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2012
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