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== Neurological disorders related to amputation == | == Neurological disorders related to amputation == | ||
=== [[Acrotomophilia]] === | === [[Acrotomophilia]] === | ||
==Psychological issues of amputation and loss of function== | |||
The human [[foreskin]] has numerous protective, immunological, and sexual functions. Amputation of the foreskin completely terminates those functions. | |||
British doctors Maguire & Parkes (1998) reported persons who have lost a body part to amputation must grieve the loss. Amputees may experience anxiety and depression from their loss.<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Maguire | |||
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|last2=Parkes | |||
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|title=Coping with loss: surgery and loss of body parts | |||
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|journal=BMJ | |||
|date=1998-04 | |||
|volume=316 | |||
|issue=7137 | |||
|pages=1086-8 | |||
|url=10.1136/bmj.316.7137.1086 | |||
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|quote=The loss of body parts can give rise to grief for loss of body image or function, or both. | |||
|pubmedID=9552917 | |||
|pubmedCID=1112908 | |||
|DOI=10.1136/bmj.316.7137.1086 | |||
|accessdate=2026-03-28 | |||
}}</ref> [[Suicide]] after [[circumcision]] has been reported. | |||
=== Apotemnophilia === | === Apotemnophilia === | ||