title: When the Patient Believes That the Organs Are Destroyed: Manifestation of Cotard's Syndrome.
abstract: Cotard's Syndrome (CS) is a rare clinical event described for the first time in 1880 by the neurologist and psychiatrist Jules Cotard and characterized by negation delusions (or nihilists). Immortality and hypochondriac delusions are also typical. Nowadays, it is known that CS can be associated with many neuropsychiatric conditions. In this article, we describe the case of a patient that believed not having more organs and having the body deformed and whose CS was associated with a bigger depressive disorder. Although the electroconvulsive therapy is the most described treatment modality in the literature, the reported case had therapeutic success with association of imipramine and risperidone.
authors.affiliation: Neuropsychiatry Department and Postgraduation in Neuropsychiatry and Behavior Sciences Program, The Federal University of Pernambuco, 50670-901 Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-5101-8118
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, The ESUDA College, 50050-100 Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luiz Evandro de Lima
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6007-3656
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Filho
authors.affiliation: Hospital of Mental Health Professor Frota Pinto, 60841-110 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Liliane
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Machado