title: The bizarre request for amputation.
abstract: Apotemnophilia is a condition where sufferers wish to be an amputee. Currently, belief in the medical profession is that it is part of the spectrum of body dysmorphic disorder and as such patients are denied surgical correction. This can lead sufferers to extreme lengths. Proponents seek to have the disorder reclassified to a body identity integrity disorder such as gender identity disorder. In this way treatment modalities could be reassessed.
authors: University Hospital of Wales, UK. rachelbarnes00@hotmail.com
authors: Rachel
authors: R
authors: Barnes
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology; D057215:Body Dysmorphic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000523:psychology*