Cotard’s Syndrome: When a Person Believes They are Dead
Psychiatrists call Cotard’s syndrome a delusion of grandeur turned inside out. The disease is a mania of self-denigration. Patients state that they are dead, decayed…
Psychiatrists call Cotard’s syndrome a delusion of grandeur turned inside out. The disease is a mania of self-denigration. Patients state that they are dead, decayed…
Experts believe that it is the memories of life experiences that make us full-fledged individuals. But sometimes people have memory problems. Amnesia can occur, for…
Throughout history, a number of individuals in the scientific community have proven reluctant to accept or even acknowledge new concepts simply because they have not…
Psychiatric medicine has come a long way in the 21st century. While the mind still holds many mysteries, at the very least we now have…
The Capgras Delusion is the belief that a friend or family member has been replaced with an identical impostor. While most cases occur within patients…
In Alberta, the Canadian Government decided to conduct several experiments on the human psyche. About 9 volunteers were needed for the project and once they…
We’ve all heard of phantom limb syndrome, but what if you lose something less mechanical? A much more complicated syndrome out there – one that…
The abilities of the human brain are astounding and shocking sometimes. Academician Natalia Bekhtereva said, “One may not say that there is a part of…
It is hard to believe that there are diseases that can make your members grow out of all proportions or make the body experience all…
The placebo effect was first discussed in the 18th century, when German doctors cured tuberculosis patients using aspirin. Doctors have pretended aspirin to be the…
A general anesthetic is supposed to make surgery painless. But now there’s evidence that one person in 20 may be awake when doctors think they’re…