A rare psychiatric syndrome where a person believes they are dead or do not exist. In this episode we explain Cotard's syndrome in plain language. Clear history. Real symptoms. What doctors look for. How treatment works. Why awareness matters during spooky season.

What you will learn

• What Cotard's syndrome is, also called the walking corpse delusion.

• Key symptoms, nihilistic delusions, self neglect, food refusal, suicide risk.

• History, Jules Cotard’s 1880 case and modern case patterns.

• Links with severe depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and neurological disease.

• Brain findings, right hemisphere involvement, disrupted self networks, SPECT and PET patterns.

• Treatment, antidepressants, antipsychotics, ECT, supportive care, recovery outlook.

• Recent cases and resea ...