title: [Body integrity identity disorder--first success in long-term psychotherapy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) is a fairly unknown and unexplored psychic illness. Very little cases underwent a psychotherapeutic treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report on the two-and-a-half year psychotherapy with a 37 years old man, who wants an amputation of his two legs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Origin and meaning of the amputation desire were uncovered in psychotherapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The psychodynamic oriented therapy with cognitive-behavioral elements can be used to develop further treatment approaches.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie am Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a. M. Aylin.Thiel@kgu.de
authors.forename: Aylin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thiel
authors.forename: Franziska J F
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ehni
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oddo
authors.forename: Aglaja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stirn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000523:psychology*; D057215:Body Dysmorphic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005201:Fantasy; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011594:Psychometrics; D014910:Wheelchairs / Q000523:psychology*