Psychological Health among Bondage/Domination/Sado-Masochism (BDSM) Community Members In this research, we sought to address the need for an empirically based psychological understanding of the BDSM community. A sample of 132 self-identified members of the California BDSM community completed an extensive demographic questionnaire, in addition to 7 commonly used standardized tests assessing psychopathology: the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-II (MMPI-2; Butcher et al., 2001); the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III; Millon, Davis & Millon, 1997); the Beck Anxiety Inventory (Beck & Steer, 1993); the Beck Depression Inventory--Second Edition (BDI-II; Beck, Steer & Brown, 1996); the Multiscale Dissociation Inventory (MDI; Briere, 2002); the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Scale (PDS; Foa, 1995); and the Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI; Briere, 1995). Our research yielded information about the general demographic characteristics, social behaviors, and sexual practices of this population. We also examined the prevalence of psychopathology within this community. Contrary to literature-based notions of psychopathology within this population and the origins of BDSM eroticism, we found psychopathology to be largely within the normative range, with only minor exceptions. Participants’ patterns of responding, coupled with participant post-test interviews, suggest that some items on these common measures are inappropriate for use with members of the BDSM community.