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SYNDROME COTARD [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2024-01-23
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Neuroses
- Symptoms (Medicine)
- Psychoses
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- Cotard's syndrome
1, record 1, English, Cotard%27s%20syndrome
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
- CS 2, record 1, English, CS
correct
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- Cotard delusion 3, record 1, English, Cotard%20delusion
correct
- delusion of negation 4, record 1, English, delusion%20of%20negation
- walking corpse syndrome 3, record 1, English, walking%20corpse%20syndrome
- nihilistic delusion 5, record 1, English, nihilistic%20delusion
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Cotard's syndrome involves nihilistic delusions about the patient's own body, such as believing that he or she is a walking corpse. The syndrome is named for Jules Cotard (1840–1889), a French neurologist who first described this condition in 1880. He formulated the syndrome as a new type of depression characterized by symptoms such as anxious melancholia, ideas of damnation or rejection, insensitivity to pain, delusions of nonexistence concerning one's own body, and delusions of immortality. 6, record 1, English, - Cotard%27s%20syndrome
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Cases have been reported in patients with mood disorders, psychotic disorders, and medical conditions. 7, record 1, English, - Cotard%27s%20syndrome
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Névroses
- Symptômes (Médecine)
- Psychoses
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- syndrome de Cotard
1, record 1, French, syndrome%20de%20Cotard
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- délire de négation 2, record 1, French, d%C3%A9lire%20de%20n%C3%A9gation
correct, masculine noun
- délire nihiliste 3, record 1, French, d%C3%A9lire%20nihiliste
masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Délire de négation, décrit par Cotard en 1880. Le malade, après avoir développé des préoccupations hypocondriaques et des troubles cénesthésiques, sent ses organes se putréfier et se détruire. Puis il en nie l'existence et étend enfin sa négation au monde extérieur et à sa propre existence. N'étant plus vivant, il ne saurait mourir, ce qui est vécu comme une damnation. Ce syndrome, qui mène à la prostration anxieuse, parfois à l'automutilation et au suicide, est un des délires secondaires de la mélancolie. On peut le rencontrer aussi dans la paralysie générale et dans certains états confusionnels. 4, record 1, French, - syndrome%20de%20Cotard
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Neurosis
- Síntomas (Medicina)
- Psicosis
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- síndrome de Cotard
1, record 1, Spanish, s%C3%ADndrome%20de%20Cotard
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
- delirio de Cotard 1, record 1, Spanish, delirio%20de%20Cotard
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Depresión psicótica crónica caracterizada por ansiedad melancólica, ideas de inmortalidad, impulsos suicidas y, sobre todo, delirios de negación. 1, record 1, Spanish, - s%C3%ADndrome%20de%20Cotard
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