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British students analyzed the character Gollum to determine his mental status.

Thirty students at University College London were asked to explain the odd behaviour the character displayed in the films based on the J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy.

The students noted his solitary habits, spiteful behaviour, odd interests, difficulty in forming friendships, emotional changeability, nervousness and paranoia.

"He fulfils seven of the nine criteria for schizoid personality disorder, and, if we must label Gollum's problems, we believe this is the most likely diagnosis," Dr Elizabeth Sampson, who headed the research team, said in the British Medical Journal on Friday.

His bulging eyes and weight loss also suggests a thyroid problem, they added.

Reuters doesn't tell us when we'll get the results of the researchers studying the morons who put this report together.

Besides, if you took a gold ring away from a woman, Gollum will appear to be on sedatives.



It's a shame Mary Kate Olsen went uncredited for such fine work.