{"title":"Delusion of death in a patient with dementia: a case report","authors":"Nilamadhab Kar, Suresh Chandra Rath, Shreyan Kar","doi":"10.1002/pnp.811","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The delusional belief one has died is a rare psychopathology. It has been described as a part of Cotard's syndrome and is associated with psychiatric and neurological illnesses. Here we present a case of a 97‐year‐old male patient who experienced this delusion with a background of long‐standing dementia with hearing and vision impairment. There were no associated psychiatric symptoms. Ten days after the onset of the delusion he had a stroke and hemiplegia, and he passed away within a month. We discuss the presentation and analyse the related literature.","PeriodicalId":43913,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pnp.811","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"NEUROSCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The delusional belief one has died is a rare psychopathology. It has been described as a part of Cotard's syndrome and is associated with psychiatric and neurological illnesses. Here we present a case of a 97‐year‐old male patient who experienced this delusion with a background of long‐standing dementia with hearing and vision impairment. There were no associated psychiatric symptoms. Ten days after the onset of the delusion he had a stroke and hemiplegia, and he passed away within a month. We discuss the presentation and analyse the related literature.
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Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry is published nine times a year, and is a journal for specialists in secondary care, GPs with an interest in neurology and psychiatry, community psychiatric nurses and other specialist healthcare professionals. Articles cover management, news updates and opinion in all areas of neurology and psychiatry.