Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
firesetting behavior
Subclass of:
Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders
Definitions related to firesetting behavior:
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(pyromania) A disorder characterized by a fascination with fire and recurrent episodes of fire setting during which the individual experiences a rising subjective sense of tension before the fire setting and a sense of gratification or relief when setting the fire. There is no ulterior motive (such as monetary gain or the expression of political ideology) to the fire setting.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Pyromania, impulse-control disorder characterized by the recurrent compulsion to set fires. The term refers only to the setting of fires for sexual or other gratification provided by the fire itself, not to arson for profit or revenge. Pyromania is usually a symptom of underlying psychopathology...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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