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Indian Journal of Surgical Nursing 4(3):p 89-90, Sep-Dec 2015. | DOI: DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijsn.2277.467X.4315.5
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Apotemnophilia- “Love of Amputationâ€
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Indian Journal of Surgical Nursing 4(3):p 89-90, Sep-Dec 2015. | DOI: DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijsn.2277.467X.4315.5
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Apotemnophilia, also known as body integrity identity disorder or amputee identity disorder, is most likely a neurologic disorder in which a person has the overwhelming desire to amputate healthy parts of their body. In extreme cases, sufferers amputate their own limbs or ask others to do this for them. Because few surgeons are willing to amputate healthy limbs, patients often attempt to irrevocably damage the limb in question themselves, necessitating formal amputation. After amputation, most report to being happy with their decision. Apotemnophilia is thought to be related to right parietal lobe damage, as the disorder has features in common with somatoparaphrenia, a type of monothematic delusion secondary to parietal lobe injury where the afflicted person denies ownership of a limb or an entire side of one’s body. The major problem in providing treatment is that most people with apotemnophilia do not seek professional treatment for their condition. Cognitive behavioral and aversion therapies have been tried.
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