Sadism (Sexual Sadism)

A condition in which there is a derivation of pleasure from inflicting pain, discomfort or humiliation on another person or persons. The sexual significance of sadistic wishes or behavior may be conscious or unconscious.

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Networked: 11 relevant articles (0 outcomes, 1 trials/studies)

Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Pedophilia
2.	Paraphilias (Paraphilia)
3.	Transvestism (Transvestic Fetishism)
4.	Exhibitionism
5.	Alcoholism (Alcohol Abuse)

Experts

1.	Briken, P: 2 articles (01/2001 - 05/2000)
2.	Nika, E: 2 articles (01/2001 - 05/2000)
3.	Berner, W: 2 articles (01/2001 - 05/2000)
4.	Chuang, Jie-Yu: 1 article (01/2011)
5.	Michl, U: 1 article (05/2000)
6.	Noldus, J: 1 article (05/2000)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Sadism:

1.	Carbon MonoxideIBA 02/01/1992 - "Pedophilia had a low incidence of co-occurrence with other paraphilias whereas sadism, transvestism/fetishism, and the courtship disorder paraphilias had a high incidence of co-occurrence." 03/01/1996 - "This study evaluates the co-morbidity of alcoholism and the specific paraphilias including sexual sadism, fetishism, incest, pedophilia, exhibitionism and transvestism. "
2.	Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH)FDA Link 01/01/2001 - "Up to now there have been no published results of therapy of paraphilia (for example, pedophilia or sadism) and sexual aggressive impulsiveness with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists in the German-speaking countries. " 05/01/2000 - "Up to now there are no published results of therapy of paraphilia (Pedophilia, Sadism) and sexual aggressive impulsiveness with LHRH-(luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone) Agonists in the Germanspeaking countries. "
3.	R388 (R-factor)IBA 01/01/1999 - "The trait measures of sadism and psychopathy measures (PCL-R, Factor 1 and Factor 2) significantly and positively correlated. " 01/01/1995 - "The malingerers were significantly more likely to have a history of murder or rape, carry a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder or sexual sadism, and produce greater PCL-R factor 1, factor 2, and total scores than insanity acquittees who did not malinger. "
4.	Biological FactorsIBA 01/01/1988 - "However, it appears that biological factors are noteworthy in sexual sadism. "
5.	metsulfuron methyl (Ally)IBA 01/01/1990 - "With the representation of the death drive and the larger role accorded to sadism as its external manifestation in Freud's revised drive theory of 1920, the patient becomes the ally; resistance, in the sense of the conservative forces, not disease, in the sense of libidinal conflict, becomes the enemy. "
6.	pamidronate (APD)FDA LinkGeneric 01/01/1999 - "Childhood APD criteria were subjected to principal-components analysis, and three factors--rule-breaking, assault, and sadism--emerged. "

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Self Medication 01/01/2011 - "Because an abnormal threshold for pain occurs in major psychiatric disorders, I here hypothesize that the practice of sadism may be used as self-medication for an inherently aberrant pain pathway. "
2.	Orchiectomy (Orchidectomy) 01/01/1980 - "In cases of unmanageable and dangerous sadism, orchidectomy is the method of choice--and the same would appear to be true for particular cases of pedohebephilia. "