Sadistic personality disorder
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/* DSM III-R criteria */
'''Sadistic personality disorder''' is a [[personality disorder]] which only appeared in the revised third edition of the [[American Psychiatric Association]]'s [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]] ([[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders|DSM]]-III-R).<ref name=DSM>Hucker, Stephen J. [http://www.forensicpsychiatry.ca/paraphilia/sadPD.htm Sadistic Personality Disorder]</ref> The current DSM-IV-TR does not include the category.
==DSM III-R criteria==
Sadistic personality disorder is a pervasive pattern of cruel, demeaning, and aggressive behavior, beginning by early adulthood, as indicated by the repeated occurrence of at least four of the following:
* Has used physical cruelty or violence for the purpose of establishing [[dominance]] in a relationship (not merely to achieve some noninterpersonal goal, such as striking someone in order to rob him/her).
* [[humiliation|Humiliates]] or demeans people in the presence of others.
* Has treated or disciplined someone under his/her control unusually harshly.
* Is amused by, or takes pleasure in, the psychological or physical [[suffering]] of others ([[Zoosadism|including animals]]).
* Has lied for the purpose of harming or inflicting pain on others (not merely to achieve some other goal).
* Gets other people to do what he/she wants by frightening them (through intimidation or even terror).
* Restricts the autonomy of people with whom he or she has a close relationship, e.g., will not let spouse leave the house unaccompanied or permit teenage daughter to attend social functions.
* Is fascinated by violence, weapons, injury, or [[torture]].
The behavior has not been directed toward only one person (e.g., spouse, one child) and has not been solely for the purpose of sexual arousal (as in [[Sadism and masochism as medical terms|sexual sadism]]).
== See also ==
* [[Antisocial personality disorder]]
* [[Malignant narcissism]]
* [[Psychopathy]]
* [[Sadism and masochism]]
* [[Sadism and masochism as medical terms]]
* [[Zoosadism]]
== External links ==
* [http://www.csbsju.edu/uspp/Research/Sniper.html Psychological Profile of Washington, D.C.-Area Sniper] provides some excellent theoretical descriptions of the sadistic personality.
* [http://www.ptypes.com/sadisticpd.html PTypes - Sadistic Personality Disorder]
* [http://www.millon.net/taxonomy/sadistic.htm - Institute for Advanced Studies in Personality & Psychology] Trait details & visual reference
== Notes ==
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