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	Apotemnophilia: Apotemnophilia Sexual Disorders Guide
		Apotemnophilia - a paraphilia of the stigmatic/eligibilic type in which sexuerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm and dependent upon oneself being an amputee [from the Greek, apo, from + temnien, to cut = - philia].
		An individual with true apotemnophilia may be chronically unsatisfied with their sexual relationships, or even completely sexually disfunctional until their desire for amputation is realized.
		This condition is similar to Acrotomophilia but is differentiated by the desire for oneself to be an amputee as oposed to one's partner having an amputation.
	www.depression-guide.com /apotemnophilia.htm (318 words)

	Apotemnophilia - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Apotemnophilia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A person with apotemnophilia wants his or her own limbs cut off.
		There are hence several recorded cases of sufferers resorting to self-amputation of a "superfluous" limb, for example by allowing a train to run over it.
		Many view the circumcision fetish as a form of apotemnophilia, particularly in the case of an adult male being voluntarily circumcised.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Apotemnophilia.html (228 words)

	Acrotomophilia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A twenty-eight-year-old man had been excited by the sight of a women's disfigured feet since the age of seventeen and a young man who pretended to be lame by limping around on two brooms instead of crutches.
		Many authorities believe apotemnophilia should be classified as a neuro-psychological condition, with a biological aetiology instead of the traditional psychiatric disorder.
		Therefore in apotemnophilia and acrotomophilia the desire for amputation may be a "counterphobic" antidote for males who fear castration.
	www.geocities.com /legcaliper/5acrotom.htm (1377 words)

	Apotemnophilia - Internet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Apotemnophilia (from Greek αποτέμνειν "to cut off") or amputation fetish is the overwhelming desire to amputate one or more healthy limbs.
		Very few surgeons will treat apotemnophilia patients by giving them what they want, with the exception of circumcision.
		The condition is usually treated as a psychiatric disorder.
	www.teleactivities.net /wiki/index.php?title=Apotemnophilia (206 words)

	Apotemnophilia
		Apotemnophilia: a paraphilia of the stigmatic/eligibilic type in which sexuerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm and dependent upon oneself being an amputee [from the Greek, apo, from + temnien, to cut = - philia].
		Apotemnophilia means 'Love of Amputation.' Those suffering from this condition, a variant of Body Dismorphic Disorder, come to feel that parts of their body, such as limbs, are not their own.
		Typical responses to this condition include the almost uncontrollable desire for the 'disembodied' limb to be removed by surgical or other processes.
	www.gla.ac.uk /departments/philosophy/Personnel/susan/RossDan/Apotemnophilia.htm (357 words)

	Where's the Pro Choice Movement on Elective Amputations?
		Other researchers don't think apotemnophilia is a form of Body Dysmorphic Disorder because amputating the limb tends to satisfy the patient with apotemnophilia, but cosmetic surgery does not relieve the anxiety and obsession associated with Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
		Other researchers consider apotemnophilia to be part of a group of disorders they call Factitious Disability Disorder (more commonly known as Munchausen syndrome).
		The patient with apotemnophilia is suffering long-term anguish, dragging around a limb he doesn't think belongs to him.
	realchoice.0catch.com /library/weekly/aa082500a.htm (1493 words)

	People who want healthy limbs removed are puzzling science (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Though some recent high-profile cases have captured the media's attention, apotemnophilia is not a new disorder.
		Some people with apotemnophilia say their obsession has nothing to do with sex; they say it's a body-image disorder that can be cured only through amputation.
		Caplan, one of the top medical ethicists in the United States, said apotemnophilia is clearly a medical disorder, and can't be cured by giving in to the disease.
	www.freep.com /news/nw/zamput6_20010606.htm (897 words)

	When Less Feels Like More
		There have been various explanations of the meaning of apotemnophilia as well as explanations for its increasing incidence.
		The person with apotemnophilia, like those with related psychological disorders, is in flight from the problematic of action in the world.
		There is also an interesting article on apotemnophilia by Randy Dotinga called "Out on a Limb," which appears in the August 29, 2000 issue of Salon Magazine.
	www.thephilosophyclinic.com /whenless.html (3673 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In contrast, a person with acrotomophilia is attracted to other persons who are already missing limbs.
		Very few surgeons will treat apotemnophilia patients by giving them what they want.
		There are hence several recorded cases of sufferers resorting to self-amputation of a "superfluous" limb, for example by allowing a train to run over it, or by damaging the limb so badly that surgeons will have to amputate it.
	www.everybase.com /Apotemnophilia (230 words)

	Apotemnophilia quiz
		"Apotemnophilia, the overwhelming desire to amputate a perfectly healthy limb, is a puzzling disorder.
		Sometimes the person with apotemnophilia changes his or her mind about which limb should be amputated.
		Is apotemnophilia listed in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) used primarily in the United States by mental health professionals?
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=169659&origin= (204 words)

	When Was Cellulitis First Encounters - Daily Cellulite News
		Two case reports of apotemnophilia, or "amputation love," were first described...
		The patient was diagnosed with bilateral lower-extremity cellulitis as a...
		Two case reports of apotemnophilia, or amputation love, were first described by Money et al 1 in...
	www.dailycellulitenews.com /cellulite/when-was-cellulitis-first-encounters.html (227 words)

	Amputee Murder Case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Furth testified that he has suffered from a desire to amputate a leg since the age of 4 or 5.
		While apotemnophilia is generally considered a sexual fetish in which sufferers get an erotic thrill out of amputation, Furth said his obsession is not sexual.
		Apotemnophilia sufferers "feel there's an alien aspect of their body," he said, and want to get rid of the offending limb, usually a leg.
	www.kaos2000.net /archives/news/amputee.html (1135 words)

	AMA (Virtual Mentor) Did You Know? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Individuals who request elective amputation of otherwise healthy and non-deformed limbs are believed to suffer from apotemnophilia.
		If apotemnophilia is included, assessing whether amputations are an appropriate treatment for this mental disorder will pose some unusual dilemmas for potential investigators and members of institutional review boards.
		Everaerd W. A case of apotemnophilia: a handicap as sexual preference.
	www.ama-assn.org /ama/pub/category/3063.html (353 words)

	loosie: words: On The Stump
		Amongst the most hideous of the hideous that lurked within in Pandora's box, apotemnophilia is an affliction that surely had a corner all to itself.
		Multiplying like a swarm of stinkbugs, myriad alt.sex newsgroups have made communicating with fellow wannabes a simple and discrete operation for someone who previously may have taken his desires to the grave.
		One theory is that wannabes view the everyday struggles of amputees as heroic; another hypothesis proposes that subjects crave the sympathy amputees receive.
	www.loosie.com /words/archives/2002/10/000009.php?print=true (700 words)

	Blanchard and Lawrence explore a
		Apotemnophilia may bear the same relationship to BIID that autogynephilia bears to GID.
		Apotemnophilia may represent the intersection of an unusual erotic target preference (acrotomophilia) and an erotic target location error.
		Gender dysphoric males who deny autogynephilic arousal sometimes display physiologic arousal to stimuli with autogynephilic content, and such denial is correlated with the tendency to portray oneself in a socially desirable manner.
	ai.eecs.umich.edu /people/conway/TS/Bailey/BIID/BIID.html (3704 words)

	Aint No Way to Go: Take My Leg, Please! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He suffered from apotemnophilia, a sexual desire to have a limb removed.
		Brown is accused of killing Philip Bondy, 80, who died in May of gangrene from an illegal amputation performed in Tijuana.
		Bondy suffered from apotemnophilia, a sexual desire to have a limb removed, prosecutors said.
	www.aarrgghh.com /no_way/legDoc.htm (418 words)

	America's Hottest New Disease: Self-Amputation By Jeremy Derfner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		… An article examines apotemnophilia, the phenomenon of physically healthy people who feel psychologically compelled to have their limbs amputated.
		Apotemnophilia is not as rare as it would seem, and several doctors believe in performing the amputations as a way to relieve inner pain.
		But it's possible that by recognizing apotemnophilia, doctors are inadvertently encouraging the spread of the condition.
	slate.msn.com /id/93545 (1854 words)

	Portland Mercury - Columns - It Sure is a Scientific World - It Sure Is a Scientific World! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Apotemnophilia isn't a sexual fetish, where one lusts after amputees.
		Factually, the term, apotemnophilia isn't the perfect title for these amputee wannabes (the suffix philia suggests sexual attraction--see pedophilia), but scientists find it difficult to classify these individuals.
		Elliott says they are less concerned with sexuality than identity, and fall into dysmorphic categories, such as victims of anorexia nervosa, who starve themselves, yet are convinced they're fat.
	www.portlandmercury.com /portland/Content?oid=23561&category=22578 (444 words)

	Apotemnophilia Bizarre Softcore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	www.softcorexxx.info /Bizarre/Apotemnophilia (434 words)

	the surgeon who perform an amputation on a wannabe who died from gangrene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		as apotemnophilia u the desire to have a limb removed.
		apotemnophilia - the sexual gratification from the removal of a limb.
		The fetish is known medically as apotemnophilia, and experts said it is
	www.ampulove.com /wannabe/wannabecases/bondy01.htm (6867 words)

	AMPUTEE IDENTITY DISORDER: Questions, Answers and Recommendations About Self-Demand Amputation
		Case studies illustrating the existence of this syndrome are presented, along with 28 frequently asked questions, with answers, about apotemnophilia.
		Apotemnophilia was the name originally given to this syndrome by Money, J., Jobaris, R. and Furth, G. (1977), in their article Apotemnophilia: Two cases of self-demand amputation as a paraphilia, in The Journal of Sex Research, 13 (2), 115-125.
		His research led to the original writing on the topic of Apotemnophilia in 1977 with J. Money and R. Jobaris.
	www.authorhouse.com /BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?q3=lrIzD2/NQE4= (647 words)

	apotemnophilia - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "apotemnophilia" is defined.
		apotemnophilia : A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements [home, info]
		Apotemnophilia : Glossary of Unusual Sexual Practices [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=apotemnophilia (89 words)

	Acrotomophilia - Talk:Acrotomophilia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		acrotomophilia, the desire for a partner who is an amputee, and apotemnophilia, the wish to become an amputee.
		Acrotomophilia, The person is sexually aroused by the sight of an amputation usually of a whole arm or leg.
		of apotemnophilia, we'll try to decipher the meaning of acrotomophilia.
	vnyu.com /?q=acrotomophilia (158 words)

	Controversial Medical Procedures - MedHunters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the psychiatric literature, the term is apotemnophilia.
		In Scotland, Dr. Robert Smith had performed surgery on two patients (in 1997 and 1999) with apotemnophilia, and was preparing for a third case when the hospital where he had performed the surgery withdrew its approval.
		To justify medical amputation, Smith said that apotemnophilia does not seem to be responsive to any psychiatric treatment, and patients have been known to cause themselves serious injury, using tourniquets, dry ice, or in one reported case a shotgun.
	www.yourhospital.com /articles/controversialMedicalProcedures.html (1142 words)

	Late Night Live - 11/12/2000: Amputee Wannabees or Apotemnophilia
		In January this year, the British press published a series of reports about Robert Smith, a surgeon from Scotland, who had amputated the legs of two patients at their request, with another one planned.
		Psychiatrist, Russel Reid, of Hillingdon Hospital in London said psychotherapy "doesn't make a scrap of difference to these people", and he and Dr Smith felt that surgery was better than these people doing themselves unintended harm or killing themselves trying to amputate their own limbs.
		In 1977, the Johns Hopkins psychologist, John Money, published the first modern case history of "apotemnophilia" - an attraction to the idea of being an amputee.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/talks/lnl/s222337.htm (222 words)

	Lorem Ipsum: Apotemnophilia
		I find paraphilias interesting, but this one particularly so because it’s also mixed with issues relating to, for example, transsexuality: specifically, the notion of feeling that your physical body doesn’t match your true self, that you would be more yourself if your body were different.
		The article’s author definitely has an axe to grind—my impression is that he considers apotemnophilia to be a mental illness that should be treated in some way other than actual amputation.
		And I do agree with him that someone who wants to have a healthy limb amputated should be encouraged to explore other options first.
	www.kith.org /journals/jed/2003/07/13/1284.html (838 words)

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	ISD II – Neurology
		Sunday Mirror (a British newspaper) which reports on the controversy surrounding a surgeon who amputated a healthy leg from a man with apotemnophilia.
		If you have not already done so, those of you doing the journal option instead of article summaries should make an appointment to discuss your journal with Andrew Latus or John Crellin ASAP.
		How to approach the readings on apotemnophilia: I haven’t given you these readings because the condition is particularly important.
	www.ucs.mun.ca /~alatus/ISD2/PsychiatryHandout.htm (220 words)

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