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Amputee Identity Disorder

MedGen UID:
1682233
•Concept ID:
C5197792
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Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Amputee Identity Disorders; Apotemnophilia; Apotemnophilias; BIID; Body Integrity Disorder; Body Integrity Disorders; Body Integrity Identity Disorder; Disorder, Body Integrity; Disorders, Amputee Identity; Disorders, Body Integrity; Foreign Limb Syndrome; Foreign Limb Syndromes; Integrity Disorder, Body; Integrity Disorders, Body; Limb Syndrome, Foreign; Limb Syndromes, Foreign; Xenomelia; Xenomelias

Definition

Condition in which individuals desire the amputation of one or more healthy limbs or who desire a paralysis. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAmputee Identity Disorder

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Management of Self-Inflicted Nonaccidental Amputations of the Upper Extremity: Systematic Review.
Retrouvey H, Franks A, Dunn T, Novoa K, Ipaktchi K, Lauder A
J Hand Surg Am 2023 Oct;48(10):993-1002. Epub 2023 Aug 15 doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2023.06.011. PMID: 37589622

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Investigation of the syndrome of apotemnophilia and course of a cognitive-behavioural therapy.
Braam AW, Visser S, Cath DC, Hoogendijk WJ
Psychopathology 2006;39(1):32-7. Epub 2005 Nov 9 doi: 10.1159/000089661. PMID: 16282717

Therapy

Investigation of the syndrome of apotemnophilia and course of a cognitive-behavioural therapy.
Braam AW, Visser S, Cath DC, Hoogendijk WJ
Psychopathology 2006;39(1):32-7. Epub 2005 Nov 9 doi: 10.1159/000089661. PMID: 16282717

Prognosis

Investigation of the syndrome of apotemnophilia and course of a cognitive-behavioural therapy.
Braam AW, Visser S, Cath DC, Hoogendijk WJ
Psychopathology 2006;39(1):32-7. Epub 2005 Nov 9 doi: 10.1159/000089661. PMID: 16282717

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