Psychiatry and Psychology

Body Integrity Identity Disorder

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

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

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

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  • Amputee Identity Disorder
  • Apotemnophilia
  • BIID
  • Body Integrity Disorder
  • Foreign Limb Syndrome
  • Xenomelia
  • Amputee Identity Disorders
  • Apotemnophilias
  • Body Integrity Disorders
  • Disorder, Body Integrity
  • Disorders, Amputee Identity
  • Disorders, Body Integrity
  • Foreign Limb Syndromes
  • Integrity Disorder, Body
  • Integrity Disorders, Body
  • Limb Syndrome, Foreign
  • Limb Syndromes, Foreign
  • Xenomelias

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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2020

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Body Integrity Identity Disorder. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000081042. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000081042
  2. Body Integrity Identity Disorder. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_integrity_dysphoria
  3. Body Integrity Identity Disorder. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q890069