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[Body Integrity Dysphoria (BID): Survey of Experts and Development of a Diagnostic Guideline.]
Kasten E.Med Sci (Basel). 2025 Mar 3;13(1):26. doi: 10.3390/medsci13010026.PMID: 40137446 

[The hidden side of body integrity dysphoria: aberrant limbic responses to dynamic touch.]
Zapparoli L, Paulesu E, Gandola M, Salvato G, Saetta G, Mariano M, Devoto F, Squarza SAC, Piano M, Brugger P, Bottini G.Brain Commun. 2025 May 28;7(3):fcaf209. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaf209. eCollection 2025.PMID: 40496669 

[ICD-11 Diagnosis of Body Integrity Dysphoria: A Case Report.]
Monk-Cunliffe J, Lin J, Patel A.Case Rep Psychiatry. 2025 Aug 27;2025:6022329. doi: 10.1155/crps/6022329. eCollection 2025.PMID: 40908952

[Feeling at home in a virtually amputated body; neural and phenomenological effects of illusory embodiment in body integrity dysphoria.]
Saetta G, Peter Y, Ruddy K, Ho JT, Luechinger R, Cross E, Michels L, Lenggenhager B.J Psychiatr Res. 2025 Apr;184:395-404. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.02.055. Epub 2025 Mar 6.PMID: 40090220

[Body integrity dysphoria and moral responsibility: an interpretation of the scepticism regarding on-demand amputations.]
Loriga L.Med Humanit. 2024 Sep 23;50(3):421-429. doi: 10.1136/medhum-2023-012811.PMID: 38195241

[Successful treatment of body integrity dysphoria with amputation: A case report.]
Nadeau N.Clin Case Rep. 2024 Mar 27;12(4):e8720. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.8720. eCollection 2024 Apr.PMID: 38550725

[The Emotional and Ethical Dilemmas of Body Integrity Dysphoria: A Case Report From England.]
Athar U, Johnstone L, Udegbe C.Cureus. 2024 Oct 9;16(10):e71121. doi: 10.7759/cureus.71121. eCollection 2024 Oct.PMID: 39391259 

[One-year follow-up of amputation as a curative treatment for body integrity dysphoria: A case report.]
Nadeau N.Clin Case Rep. 2024 Jul 3;12(7):e9156. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.9156. eCollection 2024 Jul.PMID: 38962461 

[The Girl Who Wants to Get Rid of Her Left Leg-Body Identity Dysphoria.]
Kasten E.Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Jun 30;11(13):1901. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11131901.PMID: 37444736 

[Interoceptive and Affective Alterations in Body Integrity Dysphoria: An Online Self-Reporting Study.]
Capodici A, Pennisi A, Rizzo G, Falzone A, Vicario CM.Psychopathology. 2024;57(2):102-110. doi: 10.1159/000532076. Epub 2023 Oct 11.PMID: 37820588

[Influence of bodily states on cognition: A web-based study in individuals with body integrity dysphoria.]
Ho JT, Saetta G, Lenggenhager B.J Psychiatr Res. 2023 Mar;159:66-75. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.01.020. Epub 2023 Jan 16.PMID: 36682287 

[Ownership of the affected leg is further reduced following deceptive behaviors in body integrity dysphoria.]
Scattolin M, Panasiti MS, Ho JT, Lenggenhager B, Aglioti SM.iScience. 2023 Aug 7;26(9):107551. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107551. eCollection 2023 Sep 15.PMID: 37664627 

[A conceptual framework on body representations and their relevance for mental disorders.]
Möllmann A, Heinrichs N, Herwig A.Front Psychol. 2024 Jan 5;14:1231640. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1231640. eCollection 2023.PMID: 38250111 

[Not my body, not my pain? Pain perception and placebo analgesia in individuals with body integrity dysphoria.]
Ho JT, Krummenacher P, Lenggenhager B.Cortex. 2022 Aug;153:44-54. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2022.03.023. Epub 2022 Apr 18.PMID: 35588553 

[Self-Amputation in Patient with Body Integrity Dysphoria in Comorbidity with Gender Dysphoria: A Case Report.]
Vašečková B, Patarák M, Petrušová V, Forgáčová Ľ.Psychopathology. 2022;55(5):310-316. doi: 10.1159/000522596. Epub 2022 Mar 29.PMID: 35350028

[Attention to body parts prompts thermoregulatory reactions in Body Integrity Dysphoria.]
Salvato G, Zapparoli L, Gandola M, Sacilotto E, Ludwig N, Gargano M, Fazia T, Saetta G, Brugger P, Paulesu E, Bottini G.Cortex. 2022 Feb;147:1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2021.11.016. Epub 2021 Dec 16.PMID: 34991060

[White matter abnormalities in the amputation variant of body integrity dysphoria.]
Saetta G, Ruddy K, Zapparoli L, Gandola M, Salvato G, Sberna M, Bottini G, Brugger P, Lenggenhager B.Cortex. 2022 Jun;151:272-280. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2022.03.011. Epub 2022 Apr 1.PMID: 35462204 

[Is this my foot? Experimentally induced disownership in individuals with body integrity dysphoria.]
Weijs ML, Ho JT, Roel Lesur M, Lenggenhager B.Conscious Cogn. 2022 Nov;106:103432. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2022.103432. Epub 2022 Nov 10.PMID: 36372053

[Body integrity identity disorder using augmented reality: a symptom reduction study.]
Turbyne C, Koning P, Zantvoord J, Denys D.BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Jan 11;14(1):e238554. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-238554.PMID: 33431465 

[Could Brain-Computer Interface Be a New Therapeutic Approach for Body Integrity Dysphoria?]
Chakraborty S, Saetta G, Simon C, Lenggenhager B, Ruddy K.Front Hum Neurosci. 2021 Aug 11;15:699830. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.699830. eCollection 2021.PMID: 34456696 

[Elective amputation and neuroprosthetic limbs.]
Gibson RB.New Bioeth. 2021 Mar;27(1):30-45. doi: 10.1080/20502877.2020.1869466. Epub 2021 Jan 15.PMID: 33449855

[Self-Inflicted Hand Amputation without Replantation in a Patient with Body Integrity Identity Disorder: A Case Report.]
Ramkumar DB, Brown MG, Lewis CY, Warren CE, Fortney TA, Warhold LG.JBJS Case Connect. 2021 Jul 6;11(3). doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.20.00976.PMID: 34228661

[When having a limb means feeling overcomplete. Xenomelia, the chronic sense of disownership and the right parietal lobe hypothesis.]
Fornaro S, Patrikelis P, Lucci G.Laterality. 2021 Sep;26(5):564-583. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2020.1866000. Epub 2020 Dec 29.PMID: 33373552 

[Brain Abnormalities in Individuals with a Desire for a Healthy Limb Amputation: Somatosensory, Motoric or Both? A Task-Based fMRI Verdict.]
Gandola M, Zapparoli L, Saetta G, Reverberi C, Salvato G, Squarza SAC, Invernizzi P, Sberna M, Brugger P, Bottini G, Paulesu E.Brain Sci. 2021 Sep 21;11(9):1248. doi: 10.3390/brainsci11091248.PMID: 34573269

[An Investigation of Lower Limb Representations Underlying Vision, Touch, and Proprioception in Body Integrity Identity Disorder.]
Stone KD, Kornblad CAE, Engel MM, Dijkerman HC, Blom RM, Keizer A.Front Psychiatry. 2020 Feb 25;11:15. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00015. eCollection 2020.PMID: 32161554 

[Lower limb peripersonal space and the desire to amputate a leg.]
Stone KD, Kornblad CAE, Engel MM, Dijkerman HC, Blom RM, Keizer A.Psychol Res. 2021 Apr;85(3):1221-1233. doi: 10.1007/s00426-020-01316-1. Epub 2020 Mar 20.PMID: 32198609 

[When having a limb means feeling overcomplete. Xenomelia, the chronic sense of disownership and the right parietal lobe hypothesis.]
Fornaro S, Patrikelis P, Lucci G.Laterality. 2021 Sep;26(5):564-583. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2020.1866000. Epub 2020 Dec 29.PMID: 33373552 

[Neural Correlates of Body Integrity Dysphoria.]
Saetta G, Hänggi J, Gandola M, Zapparoli L, Salvato G, Berlingeri M, Sberna M, Paulesu E, Bottini G, Brugger P.Curr Biol. 2020 Jun 8;30(11):2191-2195.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.001. Epub 2020 May 7.PMID: 32386532 

[Figuring out body integrity dysphoria.]
Bray N.Nat Rev Neurosci. 2020 Jul;21(7):351. doi: 10.1038/s41583-020-0318-y.PMID: 32461677 

[[Cognitive and Affective Processes in Body Integrity Dysphoria (BID): A Pilot Study].]
Behrens C, Friel P, Grocholewski A, Dombert E, Brühl A, Kasten E, Heinrichs N.Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 2020 Oct;70(9-10):386-395. doi: 10.1055/a-1099-9925. Epub 2020 Mar 11.PMID: 32162296 .

[Mental rotation of feet in individuals with Body Integrity Identity Disorder, lower-limb amputees, and normally-limbed controls.]
Stone KD, Dijkerman HC, Bekrater-Bodmann R, Keizer A.PLoS One. 2019 Aug 16;14(8):e0221105. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221105. eCollection 2019.PMID: 31419248 

[Elective Impairment Minus Elective Disability: The Social Model of Disability and Body Integrity Identity Disorder.]
Gibson RB.J Bioeth Inq. 2020 Mar;17(1):145-155. doi: 10.1007/s11673-019-09959-5. Epub 2019 Dec 19.PMID: 31858387

[Self-inflicted Limb Amputation: A Case of Nonparaphilic, Nonpsychotic Xenomelia.]
Kohrman SI, Rustad JK, Suhail-Sindhu T, Fortney TA, Ramkumar DB, Warhold LG, Thakur D, Finn CT, Stern TA.Psychosomatics. 2020 Jan-Feb;61(1):70-75. doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2019.03.004. Epub 2019 Mar 22.PMID: 31053421

[Brain activity elicited by viewing pictures of the own virtually amputated body predicts xenomelia.]
Oddo-Sommerfeld S, Hänggi J, Coletta L, Skoruppa S, Thiel A, Stirn AV.Neuropsychologia. 2018 Jan 8;108:135-146. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.11.025. Epub 2017 Nov 21.PMID: 29174728

[Role of Sexuality in Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID): A Cross-Sectional Internet-Based Survey Study.]
Blom RM, van der Wal SJ, Vulink NC, Denys D. J Sex Med. 2017 Aug;14(8):1028-1035. doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2017.06.004. Epub 2017 Jul 13.PMID: 28711223

[An Overwhelming Desire to Be Blind: Similarities and Differences between Body Integrity Identity Disorder and the Wish for Blindness.]
Gutschke K, Stirn A, Kasten E.Case Rep Ophthalmol. 2017 Mar 1;8(1):124-136. doi: 10.1159/000456709. eCollection 2017 Jan-Apr.PMID: 28611645 

[Phantom Sensations, Supernumerary Phantom Limbs and Apotemnophilia: Three Body Representation Disorders.]
Tatu L, Bogousslavsky J.Front Neurol Neurosci. 2018;41:14-22. doi: 10.1159/000475684. Epub 2017 Nov 16.PMID: 29145179

[Structural and functional hyperconnectivity within the sensorimotor system in xenomelia.]
Hänggi J, Vitacco DA, Hilti LM, Luechinger R, Kraemer B, Brugger P.Brain Behav. 2017 Feb 23;7(3):e00657. doi: 10.1002/brb3.657. eCollection 2017 Mar.PMID: 28293484 

[Body integrity identity disorder crosses culture: case reports in the Japanese and Chinese literature.]
Blom RM, Vulink NC, van der Wal SJ, Nakamae T, Tan Z, Derks EM, Denys D.Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2016 Jun 16;12:1419-23. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S102932. eCollection 2016.PMID: 27366074 

[Elective amputation of a „healthy limb“.]
Blom RM, Guglielmi V, Denys D.CNS Spectr. 2016 Oct;21(5):360-361. doi: 10.1017/S1092852916000456. Epub 2016 Sep 13.PMID: 27620665

[The Desire for Amputation or Paralyzation: Evidence for Structural Brain Anomalies in Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID).]
Blom RM, van Wingen GA, van der Wal SJ, Luigjes J, van Dijk MT, Scholte HS, Denys D.PLoS One. 2016 Nov 10;11(11):e0165789. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165789. eCollection 2016.PMID: 27832097