A disorder in which a patient asserts that he is dead, claiming to smell rotting flesh or worms crawling over his skin. It may be an exaggerated form of Capgras' delusion, in which not just one sensory area (ie face recognition) but all of them are cut off from the limbic system. This would lead to a complete lack of emotional contact with the worl...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/glossary.shtml
<syndrome> Psychotic depression involving delusion of the existence of one's body, along with ideas of negation and suicidal impulses. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
No exact match found.
