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2025

[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

2024

[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 

2023

[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 

2022

[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

2021

[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