The affective face-recognition account proposes that damage to the affective component of face recognition produces an unusual qualitative state. Cotard and Capgras delusions are interpreted as different explanations of that state: patients with Cotard delusion attribute the change to themselves, whereas patients with Capgras delusion attribute it to their environment.

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One way to examine or learn more about Cotard Syndrome is to study the neurological and cognitive components of the delusion disorder. 

Neuropsychological and Cognitive Components of Cotard Syndrome

The clinical features and treatment of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) depend on one's recognition of clinical syndromes that have not been sufficiently studied. One case study found that the specific neuropsychiatric events could be attributed to the activity of the underlying immunological disease. However, the patient with Cotard delusions showed rapid remission in cognition following electroconvulsive therapy. 


Cotard delusion in a patient with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus

Cotard’s syndrome, a condition in which the patient denies his or her own existence or the existence of body parts, is a rare illness that has been reported in association with several neuropsychiatric diagnoses. One study found that patients exhibited frontal lobe changes/volume loss, ischemic changes, and right-sided/bilateral hemisphere lesions. 


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