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Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) is the intensive feeling that the body will be more ´complete´after amputation of a limb. Prof. Dr. Erich Kasten and Frederike Spithaler investigated the personality profiles of BIID sufferers. Result: "Overall, the personality profiles were in the average range."

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