title: Cotard syndrome with catatonia: unique combination.
abstract: Cotard syndrome is a rare psychiatric condition characterized by extreme nihilistic delusions. Catatonia though common, its combination with the Cotard syndrome is exceeding rare and more so the response with the pharmacotherapy as in our case. Since, both are found in organic conditions the importance of studying such a case is to understand the underlying neurobiologic determinants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Aniruddha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: Priti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soni
keywords: Catatonia; cotard syndrome; lorazepam challenge test