Body integrity dysphoria
- Body integrity identity disorder
- Amputee identity disorder
- Xenomelia
- Apotemnophilia
Nature
Body integrity dysphoria is an extremely rare condition, in which people crave cutting off their healthy limb (especially an arm or leg) because they feel a mismatch between their mental and physical image.
Incidence
In 1999, two men pleaded successfully with a Scottish surgeon to have their lower legs amputated. A quack doctor in the USA was indicted for murder after carrying out leg amputations on healthy men, who both died of gangrene.
Claim
Suicidal urges have been reduced in those who have the surgery performed.
Broader
Aggravates
Reduces
Related
SDG
Metadata
Database
World problems
Type
(G) Very specific problems
Content quality
Presentable
Language
English
Last update
Oct 4, 2020