Abstract:
We present a case of a severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms presenting with co-existence of two rare psychopathologies i.e., lycanthropy (being transformed into a horse) and Cotard syndrome. The patient was treated with electroconvulsive therapy, along with psychotropics. A 53-year-old female patient developed severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms after a stressor (her son married against her wish). As her illness worsened, she developed a delusional belief of self-being metamorphosed to a horse (wrath of the Goddess kali). Later on, she also developed a delusion belief that her body parts were rotting away and going to die. She was treated with electroconvulsive therapy along with venlafaxine and Risperidone, with which she improved completely.
Aseem Mehra, KKH Suchandar, Ruchita Shah. Lycanthropy with cotard's Syndrome in an older adult female patient: An unusual co-existence of Rarest Psychopathologies. Int. J. Psychiatry Res. 2020;2(1):05-06.
