Umbridge (was: Lucius and Antisocial PD)

[tookishgirl_111]

No: HPFGUIDX 127555


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Shunra Shunrata" <shunrata at g...> 
wrote:
> 
>> Shunra said:<snip> I am not up on sadism but think it would be a 
more fruitful direction to ponder. <more snip>

Tooks: (after almost over a year of lurking) - The thing with with 
sadism is that it is, technically, a sexual fetish.  I really don't see 
Umbridge getting sexually excited by the pain of Harry and the others; 
she does seem to enjoy it, but not sexually.  (I don't think she's 
bipolar either, though I'm not going to get into that again as it was 
already covered in great depth.)  Though I would agree that she has 
some serious issues, they don't seem to fit into any set criteria for a 
disease according to the DSM (basically, the psychologist's handbook of 
mental illness).

An aside: Lucius (IMO) most definiately has Antisocial Personality 
Disorder, and I believe that Draco will also qualify as having ASPD in 
a few years (it can't be diagnosed in children - those under 18 - at 
Draco's age it's considered Conduct Disorder).

Tooks - who's a psych major and therefore not just pulling these 
thoughts out of thin air