title: Effect of Cultural Themes on Forming Cotard's Syndrome: Reporting a Case of Cotard's Syndrome with Depersonalization and Out of Body Experience Symptoms.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Cotard's syndrome is a rare psychiatric syndrome. Its core symptom is nihilistic ideation or delusion.
  
  
  METHODS
  A female patient with Cotard's syndrome symptoms associated with out of body experience and depersonalization, and complicated grief was referred for evaluation. She believed that she was killed by a creature named "Aal" in the Persian folklore Conclusions: Cultural and superstitious beliefs could affect the forming of the complex constellation of the patient's symptoms including Cotard's syndrome symptoms. The resolution of symptoms might be achieved step by step.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
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authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Beheshti Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghaffari Nejad
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrist, Kerman Neuroscience Research Center, Student Counseling Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mehdizadeh Zare Anari
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pouya
keywords: Cotard’s Syndrome; Cultural Themes; Depersonalization