Sadistic Personality Disorder
Sadistic personality disorder (SDP) is characterized by an individual’s pattern of cruel, harsh, aggressive, intimidating, humiliating, and demeaning behavior. The disorder has been the subject of several studies and originally appeared in the DSM-III-R (American Psychiatric Association 1987).
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Wiki Number: PW192
Diagnosis: Sadistic Peronality Disorder
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Symptoms: Pleasure at others enduring pain; show aggression and cruelty, using fear and a preoccupation with violence. Four identified types:
Progression: avoidant, negativistic, compulsive and borderline. Often linked with alcoholism.
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Sadistic Personality Disorder and the Meaning of Cruelty
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Sadism and Sociopathy
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