In Tim Burton’s 2004 film “The Corpse Bride,” groom to be Victor, rehearses his wedding vows in the forest to calm his anxiety. However, he mistakenly slips the ring onto what he thinks is a tree branch but is actually the finger of Emily, the corpse of a mysterious young woman in a bridal gown. Victor then finds himself immersed in the colorful and joyful world of the dead. But it is not just fairy stories or horror movies that are interested in zombies and the dead returning to the world of the living psychiatrists are as well.  

Cotard’s syndrome, also known as the ‘living dead syndrome’ is named after Jules Cotard, a 19th-century French neurologist who identified this disorder. Patients feel like wandering corpses, empty shells, convinced they are on the border between life and death.

Immortality? Even though the patients believe they are dead? Is this syndrome common? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!

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First Broadcast: 19/3/2024

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