Co-existence of lycanthropy and Cotard's syndrome in a single case

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 250-252

  Nejad, Alireza Ghaffari ^a   Toofani, K ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bipolar mood disorder; Cotard's syndrome; Lycanthropy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; COTARD SYNDROME; DELUSION; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DESTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOG; GUILT; HUMAN; LYCANTHROPY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RARE DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SYNDROME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 14844333532     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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