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Title: | The living being dead: Cotard syndrome presenting as a dead spirit |
Authors: | Chandradasa, M. de Silva Rajaratne, P.K.D.H.J.L. Kuruppuarachchi, C. Kuruppuarachchi, K.A.L.A. |
Keywords: | Cotard syndrome |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
Publisher: | Kandy Society of Medicine |
Citation: | Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine.2020; 29(2): 83–85. |
Abstract: | ABSTRACT: Jules Cotard described a syndrome with melancholic anxiety, delusions of possession, ideas of suicide and, thoughts of the non-existence of their own body and/or soul. ‘Perethaya’ is a greedy dead spirit recognized in Sri Lankan culture who expresses a dangerous longing for food until their subsequent incarnation. A 68-year-old female previously diagnosed with depressive disorder stated she is deceased and turned to a ‘perethaya’. She ate from garbage bins and attempted to consume water from toilet bowls as a ‘perethaya’ would do. A 42-year-old male diagnosed with recurrent depression stated he has died and is now a ‘perethaya’. He believed any person who would talk to him is dead as well. These reports present a culturally unique way of Cotard syndrome in Sri Lanka. KEYWORDS: Depression, Cotard syndrome, Nihilistic delusions, Sri Lanka, Transcultural psychiatry |
Description: | Not indexed in MEDLINE |
URI: | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/22004 |
ISSN: | 2579-1990 |
Appears in Collections: | Journal/Magazine Articles |
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