Christopher Robertson

"A ghost doesn't need insulin," Cotard's delusion leading to diabetic ketoacidosis and a body-mass index of 15: a case presentation.

BMC Psychiatry July 31, 2023 Christopher Robertson, Thomas J. Dunn

Cotard's Syndrome (CS) is a rare clinical entity where patients can report nihilistic, delusional beliefs that they are already dead. Curiously, while weight loss, dehydration, and metabolic derangements have been described as discussed above, a review of the literature revealed neither a single case of a severely underweight patient nor a serious metabolic complication such as Diabetic...