title: Cotard's syndrome in a mentally handicapped man.
abstract: A mentally handicapped man with Cotard's syndrome is described, and the usefulness of electroconvulsive therapy in his management discussed. Even the more uncommon psychiatric syndromes such as this can be found in people with lower intellectual functioning, with clinical features little modified.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy