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Cotard's syndrome in a 15-year-old girl
D Cohen1, C Cottias, M Basquin
1Department of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Hopital de la Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, France.
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
|February 1, 1997
Abstract:
We here describe a case of Cotard's syndrome in a 15-year-old girl who exhibited a short period of malignant catatonia, and the positive effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on her disorder. A psychopathological hypothesis is proposed.