Pyromania is defined as a pattern of deliberate and purposeful fire setting on more than one occasion, preceded by tension or affective arousal and followed by pleasure or relief from setting fires. It is classified as a disruptive, impulse-control disorder. Prevalence is unknown but it is more common in males. The course tends to be episodic. It is associated with conduct disorder, substance abuse, and bipolar disorder. Assessment involves exploring the history of fire setting and potential reinforcement mechanisms. Treatment includes cognitive-behavioral and skills training approaches.
Pyromania is defined as a pattern of deliberate and purposeful fire setting on more than one occasion, preceded by tension or affective arousal and followed by pleasure or relief from setting fires. It is classified as a disruptive, impulse-control disorder. Prevalence is unknown but it is more common in males. The course tends to be episodic. It is associated with conduct disorder, substance abuse, and bipolar disorder. Assessment involves exploring the history of fire setting and potential reinforcement mechanisms. Treatment includes cognitive-behavioral and skills training approaches.
Pyromania is defined as a pattern of deliberate and purposeful fire setting on more than one occasion, preceded by tension or affective arousal and followed by pleasure or relief from setting fires. It is classified as a disruptive, impulse-control disorder. Prevalence is unknown but it is more common in males. The course tends to be episodic. It is associated with conduct disorder, substance abuse, and bipolar disorder. Assessment involves exploring the history of fire setting and potential reinforcement mechanisms. Treatment includes cognitive-behavioral and skills training approaches.
Pyromania is defined as a pattern of deliberate and purposeful fire setting on more than one occasion, preceded by tension or affective arousal and followed by pleasure or relief from setting fires. It is classified as a disruptive, impulse-control disorder. Prevalence is unknown but it is more common in males. The course tends to be episodic. It is associated with conduct disorder, substance abuse, and bipolar disorder. Assessment involves exploring the history of fire setting and potential reinforcement mechanisms. Treatment includes cognitive-behavioral and skills training approaches.
Daniel W. Klyce The disorder is classified with the disruptive,
Virginia Commonwealth University – School of impulse-control, and conduct disorders in DSM-5. Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA
Current Knowledge Synonyms Development and Course Fire setting Prevalence rates of pyromania are not well known. Among individuals with repeated fire set- ting in forensic settings, only 3.3% met criteria for the disorder. Pyromania is more common among Short Description or Definition males than females, perhaps by a ratio of as much as 6:1. The course of the disorder tends to be Pyromania is defined in the Diagnostic and Sta- episodic with fluctuation in activity. tistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, Associated Disorders and Current Research 2013) by a pattern of behavior that involves delib- Although pyromania is rare among children, fire erate and purposeful fire setting on more than one setting in adolescence is typically associated with occasion. The act of fire setting is preceded by conduct disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity experience of tension or affective arousal, and it is disorder, or an adjustment disorder. Among followed by pleasure, gratification, or relief when adults, pyromania is commonly associated with setting fires or when witnessing or participating in antisocial personality disorder, substance use dis- the effects of a fire. Pyromania involves fasciation orders, pathological gambling, and bipolar disor- or attraction to fire and associated materials, uses, ders. Fire setting may involve considerable or consequences. Pyromania is distinct from fire preparation or forethought; when more impulsive setting for instrumental gain, political or ideolog- in nature fire setting is more strongly associated ical reasons, or an expression of anger or with substance use. Individuals who present for vengeance. mental health treatment rarely do so with a pri- mary diagnosis of pyromania. Individuals with a diagnosis of pyromania typ- ically have a background of lower socioeconomic # Springer International Publishing AG 2017 J. Kreutzer et al. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56782-2_9197-1 2 Pyromania
status. In research among individuals with symp- assertiveness, social skills training, relapse pre- toms of pyromania, these individuals typically vention). A specific group treatment for pyroma- have lower self-esteem, higher rates of impulsiv- nia developed by Swaffer et al. (2001) involves ity, and lower frustration tolerance. Etiological (1) education regarding fire danger, (2) coping models of pyromania typically include elements skills, (3) reflective insight, and (4) relapse related to social contexts (e.g., interpersonal prob- prevention. lems, psychosocial disadvantage, social effective- ness, cues/triggers), self-perceptions (e.g., personal effectiveness, self-esteem, agency over See Also environment), and emotional states (e.g., arousal, anger, frustration). Triggers for fire stetting are ▶ Conduct Disorders often associated with stress, boredom, feelings of ▶ Disruptive inadequacy, interpersonal conflicts, feeling down ▶ Impulse-Control or sad, having seen fires on TV, and having a desire to feel important or powerful.
Assessment and Treatment
References and Readings Assessment of pyromania involves exploring fac- American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and tors related to the history of fire setting, general statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arling- psychopathology, potential reinforcement mecha- ton: American Psychiatric Association Publishing. nisms for fire stetting, substance use, and motiva- Gannon, T. A., & Pina, A. (2010). Firesetting: Psychopa- thology, theory and treatment. Aggression and Violent tional, cognitive, and emotional states around fire Behavior, 15, 224–238. setting. Grant, J. E., & Kim, S. W. (2007). Clinical characteristics Interventions for fire setting have historically and psychiatric comorbidity of Pyromania. Journal of been aimed at conduct problems among children Clinical Psychiatry, 68, 1717–1722. Swaffer, T., Haggett, M., & Oxley, T. (2001). Mentally and adolescents. Interventions for adults tend to disordered firesetters: A structured intervention pro- include cognitive-behavioral elements from treat- gramme. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 8, ment models for more generic offenses (e.g., 468–475.
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