U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination

Cotard delusion

MedGen UID:
1050151
•Concept ID:
CN375794
•
Finding
Synonym: Cotard syndrome
 
HPO: HP:5200422

Definition

A false belief that you or your body parts are dead, dying, or do not exist. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCotard delusion

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

'I am dead': Cotard syndrome and dementia.
Cipriani G, Nuti A, Danti S, Picchi L, Di Fiorino M
Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract 2019 Jun;23(2):149-156. Epub 2019 Mar 8 doi: 10.1080/13651501.2018.1529248. PMID: 30848970
A Neuropsychiatric Analysis of the Cotard Delusion.
Sahoo A, Josephs KA
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 2018 Winter;30(1):58-65. Epub 2017 Jun 23 doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.17010018. PMID: 28641497
Attributional style in a case of Cotard delusion.
McKay R, Cipolotti L
Conscious Cogn 2007 Jun;16(2):349-59. Epub 2006 Jul 18 doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2006.06.001. PMID: 16854594

Diagnosis

Cotard delusion in a depressed patient: "My throat is missing!".
Huan WY, Wan Azlan WA, Lee YT
Asia Pac Psychiatry 2023 Mar;15(1):e12524. Epub 2022 Dec 27 doi: 10.1111/appy.12524. PMID: 36575636
A medical algorithm for Cotard delusion based on more than 300 literature cases.
Couto RAS, Moreira Gonçalves L
Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract 2021 Sep;25(3):220-232. Epub 2020 Sep 16 doi: 10.1080/13651501.2020.1819335. PMID: 32935595
Cotard parasomnia: le délire de negation that occur during the sleep-wake dissociation?
Gnoni V, Higgins S, Nesbitt AD, Wasserman D, Duncan I, Birdseye A, Pérez-Carbonell L, Drakatos P, Koutramanidis M, Ferini-Strambi L, Leschziner GD, Rosenzweig I
J Clin Sleep Med 2020 Jun 15;16(6):971-976. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.8430. PMID: 32195661Free PMC Article
A Neuropsychiatric Analysis of the Cotard Delusion.
Sahoo A, Josephs KA
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 2018 Winter;30(1):58-65. Epub 2017 Jun 23 doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.17010018. PMID: 28641497
Sequential Cotard and Capgras delusions.
Wright S, Young AW, Hellawell DJ
Br J Clin Psychol 1993 Sep;32(3):345-9. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1993.tb01065.x. PMID: 8251965

Therapy

Recurrent postictal depression with Cotard delusion.
Mendhekar DN, Gupta N
Indian J Pediatr 2005 Jun;72(6):529-31. doi: 10.1007/BF02724434. PMID: 15985745
Diurnal variation in Cotard's syndrome (copresent with Capgras delusion) following traumatic brain injury.
Butler PV
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 2000 Aug;34(4):684-7. doi: 10.1080/j.1440-1614.2000.00758.x. PMID: 10954402
Sequential Cotard and Capgras delusions.
Wright S, Young AW, Hellawell DJ
Br J Clin Psychol 1993 Sep;32(3):345-9. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1993.tb01065.x. PMID: 8251965

Recent systematic reviews

'I am dead': Cotard syndrome and dementia.
Cipriani G, Nuti A, Danti S, Picchi L, Di Fiorino M
Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract 2019 Jun;23(2):149-156. Epub 2019 Mar 8 doi: 10.1080/13651501.2018.1529248. PMID: 30848970

Supplemental Content

Table of contents

    Clinical resources

    Consumer resources

    Reviews

    Related information

    • PMC Articles
      Related information in PubMed Central Links
    • PubMed
      Related literature resources in PubMed

    Recent activity

    Clear Turn Off Turn On

    Your browsing activity is empty.

    Activity recording is turned off.

    Turn recording back on

    See more...