New Scientist: Article on Cotard's syndrome [ and Hodges' model ]

Nine years ago, Graham woke up and discovered he was dead.

He was in the grip of Cotard's syndrome. People with this rare condition believe that they, or parts of their body, no longer exist.

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Cotard's syndrome Belief    "I am dead"   delusion (or?) depression      self                                   suicide  "I have no brain"    theory of mind         consc psychotherapy                            senses - taste smell	PET - positron emission tomography ICD 11 - classification?  attempts               'default network mode' iousness          body (parts)        brain function frontal and parietal lobes  anaesthesia  low metabolic activity   physiology
social impact, family, friends, carers sense making  social understanding stigma      interview Jules Cotard (1840–1889), a French neurologist	media      unemployment quality of life   autonomy   control research funding      access to treatment specialist services     referral processes

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Source: New Scientist, 1 June 2013.
Mindscapes: First interview with a dead man

Wikipedia: Cotard delusion