Looking for pyromania: characteristics of a consecutive sample of Finnish male criminals with histories of recidivist fire-setting between 1973 and 1993. (1/11)
BACKGROUND: As pyromania is a rare diagnosis with questionable validity, we aimed to describe a forensic psychiatric population of arson recidivists. METHODS: The medical records as well as the forensic psychiatric examination statements of 90 arson recidivists referred for pretrial psychiatric assessment in Helsinki University Hospital Department of Forensic Psychiatry between 1973 and 1993 were reviewed. RESULTS: The most important diagnostic categories of arson recidivists were personality disorders, psychosis and mental retardation, often with comorbid alcoholism. In all, 68% of arsonists were under alcohol intoxication during the index crime. Psychotic as well as mentally retarded persons with repeated fire-setting behaviour were mostly "pure arsonists"--persons guilty only of arsons during their criminal careers. Arson recidivists with personality disorder, in contrast, often exhibited various types of criminal behaviour and arson appeared to be only one expression of a wide range of criminal activity. Comorbid alcoholism was apparently a more rarely observed phenomenon among pure arsonists than in "nonpure arsonists". We found only three subjects fulfilling the present diagnostic criteria for pyromania. CONCLUSION: Using the criteria of the DSM-IV-TR, pyromania must be regarded as an extremely rare phenomenon. Especially the question of substance intoxication as an exclusion criterion for pyromania should be reconsidered. (+info)Alcohol outlets, gonorrhea, and the Los Angeles civil unrest: a longitudinal analysis. (2/11)
This study tests the effect of neighborhood changes on gonorrhea rates. Prior studies that indicate gonorrhea rates are associated with alcohol outlet density and neighborhood deterioration have been cross-sectional and cannot establish causality. After the 1992 Civil Unrest in Los Angeles, 270 alcohol outlets surrendered their licenses due to arson and vandalism thus providing a natural experiment. We geocoded all reported gonorrhea cases from 1988 to 1996 in LA County, all annually licensed alcohol outlets, and all properties damaged as a result of the civil unrest. We ran individual growth models to examine the independent effects of changes in alcohol outlets and damaged buildings on gonorrhea. The individual growth model explained over 90% of the residual variance in census tract gonorrhea rates. After the civil unrest, a unit decrease in the number of alcohol outlets per mile of roadway was associated with 21 fewer gonorrhea cases per 100,000 (p<.01) in tracts affected by the Unrest compared to those not affected. Neighborhood alcohol outlets appear to be significantly associated with changes in gonorrhea rates. The findings suggest that efforts to control sexually transmitted diseases, including gonorrhea and HIV, should address contextual factors that facilitate high-risk behaviors and disease transmission. (+info)Is arson the crime most strongly associated with psychosis?--A national case-control study of arson risk in schizophrenia and other psychoses. (3/11)
(+info)Prevalence and correlates of fire-setting in the United States: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC). (4/11)
(+info)Prevalence and correlates of fire-setting in the United States: results from the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. (5/11)
(+info)From stack-firing to pyromania: medico-legal concepts of insane arson in British, US and European contexts, c. 1800-1913. Part 2 . (6/11)
The second part of this paper explores deepening doubts about pyromania as a special insanity, British debates post-1890, and pyromania's supplanting with the broader diagnostic category of insane incendiarism. It assesses the conceptual importance of revenge and morbid-motivations for arson, and the relationship of Victorian and Edwardian concepts of arson to more modern psychiatric research.The main objective is to ascertain the extent to which Victorian and Edwardian medico-psychologists and medical legists arrived at meaningful and workable definitions of criminal insanity linked to arson. It concludes by emphasizing the limitations, contentiousness and inconsistencies in the use of technical terms such as'pyromania', contrasted with the qualified success of authorities in arriving at more viable and broadly acceptable explanations of insane firesetting. (+info)An uncommon case of random fire-setting behavior associated with Todd paralysis: a case report. (7/11)
(+info)Public health impact of the 1992 Los Angeles civil unrest. (8/11)
The Los Angeles civil unrest in April 1992 stunned the nation. The days of violence resulted in 53 deaths, 2,325 reported injuries, more than 600 buildings completely destroyed by fire, and approximately $735 million in total damages. The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of the activities of the Public Health Programs and Services Branch of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services during and after the civil unrest and to illustrate the types of public health issues and problems that may result from large-scale civil disturbance. Public health agencies and jurisdictions should consider these issues in their disaster planning. Public Health Programs and Services Branch activities were directly affected by the violence and destruction. Women, Infants and Children Program vouchering sites and 20 drug program and alcohol recovery sites were damaged or burned and 15 county health centers closed during the unrest. At least 38 private medical and dental offices and 45 pharmacies were destroyed or damaged. County health authorities offered facilities to house relocated private care providers and filled prescriptions for medications where needed. The environmental health impact required the inspection of 2,827 burned and damaged sites for hazardous waste including asbestos; at 9 percent of the inspected sites, waste required special disposal. More than 1,000 food facilities suffered damage and required inspection before reopening. In the 3 months following the unrest, a 20-percent increase in disposal capacity was authorized at four county landfills to accommodate the disposal of debris. Violence was a public health issue of particular concern. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent a team to study the violence from an epidemiologic perspective. The Federal agency also provided funding for televised children's talk shows dealing with reactions to the violence. (+info)Firesetting behavior is the act of deliberately starting or attempting to start fires, with or without the intention of causing harm, which is indicative of a psychological or behavioral issue in individuals.
Firesetting behavior is not a medical diagnosis itself, but it is a term used to describe the act of deliberately starting fires. It is often associated with certain mental health conditions, developmental disorders, or substance abuse problems. Firesetting behavior can range from minor incidents, such as lighting candles or matches, to more serious offenses, like arson.
Firesetting behavior can be a symptom of various psychiatric disorders, including conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, and personality disorders. It can also be associated with substance abuse, cognitive impairments, and traumatic brain injuries. In some cases, firesetting behavior may indicate a cry for help or a maladaptive coping mechanism.
It is essential to assess the underlying causes of firesetting behavior to develop an appropriate treatment plan. This may involve individual therapy, family therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and/or medication management. In severe cases, hospitalization or residential treatment may be necessary. Additionally, fire safety education and community resources can help prevent future incidents.
Pyromania
sfn error: no target: CITEREFICD-11 (help) Soltys, Stephen M (1 February 1992). "Pyromania and Firesetting Behaviors". ... Other important steps must be taken as well with the interventions and the cause of the impulse behavior. Some other treatments ... There is an increasing sense of tension or affective arousal prior to instances of fire setting, persistent fascination or ... therapy sessions in which the patient's situation is diagnosed to find out what may have caused this impulsive behavior. Once ...
Antisocial personality disorder
Omar, Hatim A. "Firesetting Behavior and Psychiatric Disorders". Blanco, Carlos; Alegria, Analucia A.; Petry, Nancy M.; Grant, ... Antisocial behavior may be related to a number of neurological defects, such as head trauma. Antisocial behavior is associated ... This behavior usually has negative effects on their education, relationships, or job. Alongside this, risky sexual behaviors ... These approaches would focus on the tangible, material value of prosocial behavior and abstaining from antisocial behavior. ...
Child pyromaniac
Freud reasoned that fire-setting was an archaic desire to gain power over nature. The first study done on fire-setting behavior ... but fire-setting is simply a behavior and can be more easily fixed. Minor or non-severe fire-setting is defined as "accidental ... with firesetting behaviors". Adolescence. 40 (158): 345-353. PMID 16114596. Michael L. Slavkin (2000). Juvenile Firesetting: An ... Pathological fire-setting manifests when the action is "a deliberate, planned, and persistent behavior". Juveniles in this ...
Serial killer
... of predictors of future violent behavior: Many are fascinated with fire setting. They are involved in sadistic activity; ... Psychopathic behavior that is consistent with traits common to some serial killers include sensation seeking, a lack of remorse ... Criminal behavior is a process of interaction with social institutions, in which everyone has the potential for criminal ... Hickey's Trauma Control Model explains how early childhood trauma can set the child up for deviant behavior in adulthood; the ...
List of MeSH codes (F03)
... firesetting behavior MeSH F03.500.400 - gambling MeSH F03.500.800 - trichotillomania MeSH F03.550.075 - anxiety, separation ... rem sleep behavior disorder MeSH F03.870.664.633.800 - sleep paralysis MeSH F03.870.664.634 - restless legs syndrome MeSH ... child behavior disorders MeSH F03.550.325 - child development disorders, pervasive MeSH F03.550.325.100 - asperger syndrome ... MeSH F03.550.150 - attention deficit and disruptive behavior disorders MeSH F03.550.150.150 - attention deficit disorder with ...
Psychological abuse
... especially on their behavior, including: "insecurity, poor self-esteem, destructive behavior, angry acts (such as fire setting ... More subtle emotionally abusive behaviors include insults, putdowns, arbitrary and unpredictable behavior, and gaslighting (e.g ... This behavior is only supported when the victim of the abuse aims to please their abuser. Many abusers are able to control ... Threatening Behavior refers to an individual making verbal threats towards their partner that could imply eliciting physical ...
Paradox psychology
... will then impact primary targeted volatile or criminal type behaviors (i.e.: violence, problematic sexual behaviours, fire- ... Behavior Modification, 21, 1, 86-96 Marshall, W. L., Cripps, E., Anderson, D., & Cortoni, F. A. (1999) Self-esteem and coping ... So while the resistant client is often well defended and guarded around attempts to alter his behavior, he is unable to block ... As it turns out, the better therapy is able to strengthen the alliance, the more these aspects of behavior will change. However ...
Macdonald triad
... to violent behaviors, particularly homicidal behavior and sexually predatory behavior. However, other studies claim to have not ... Enuresis, firesetting, and cruelty to animals are more likely indicators of sustained physical or emotional abuse toward the ... and a review has suggested that this behavior is just one that can occur in the context of childhood antisocial behavior and is ... the triad behaviors are not causal when examining a relationship with later predatory behavior, but rather, are predictive of ...
Externalizing disorder
Because externalizing behaviors are salient and difficult to conceal, individuals with externalizing disorders may be more ... Pyromania symptoms include: "deliberate and purposeful fire setting on more than one occasion," "tension or affective arousal ... ASPD symptoms include: "failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors, as indicated by repeatedly ... Despite recent initiatives to study psychopathology along dimensions of behavior and neurobiological indices, which would help ...
The Mask of Sanity
The compromise was to list the behaviors as the actual diagnostic criteria, but cover Cleckley's core traits in the "associated ... fire-setting, drunkenness and disorderly conduct, assault, reckless driving, drug offences, prostitution, and escape." Some ... However, despite the general picture of weak-willed and inconsistent antisocial behavior, he also states, at least in later ... Others point out that persistent antisocial behavior was considered characteristic, and "Without exception, all the individuals ...
Identity based motivation
But by then - 1983 - pranks had escalated to fire-setting in parts of the city. "I wondered what the youths who were setting ... On the other hand, when actions feel identity-inconsistent, the same difficulties suggest the behavior is pointless and "not ... in-class behavior, or aspirations students had. The intervention involved 12 bi-weekly in-class sessions completed before the ... consumer behavior, and the interface between culture and identity. Devil's Night in Detroit, the eve before Halloween when ...
Pyrophilia
Other than the purposeful act of fire-setting itself, there is no mention of the possibility that the tension or affective ... Some described cases of pyrophilia do not include behaviors commonly associated with pyromania, such as being a regular " ...
Experimental archaeometallurgy
Firesetting Experiment at Rhiw Goch. 1989. In P. Crew and S. Crew (ed.) Early Mining in the British Isles 57. Maentwrog, Plas ... In J. R. Mathieu (ed.) Experimental Archaeology: Replicating Past Objects, Behaviors, and Processes 1-11. Oxford, Archaeopress ... Firesetting Experiments on the Great Orme, 1989. In P. Crew and S. Crew (ed.) Early Mining in the British Isles 55-56. ... Firesetting is the process of exposing a rock face to high temperatures to induce cracking, spalling, and an overall increase ...
Impulse-control disorder
... there are certain behaviors similar in both, for example the compulsive actions of ICD patients and the behavior of reward- ... It has also been observed that the incidence of fire-setting is more common in juvenile and teenage boys than girls of the same ... sexual behavior, and related behaviors (punding, hobbyism and walkabout). Prevalence studies suggest that ICDs occur in 13.6- ... Because of its nature, the number of studies performed for fire-setting are understandably limited. However, studies done on ...
Chris Hatcher (psychologist)
Psychology of Child Firesetting, Brunner/Mazel (1987) ISBN 0-87630-445-5 "Remembering Dr. Chris Hatcher" (PDF). Marc Klaas. ... In a battle of expert witnesses at Hooker's trial, Hatcher explained the victim's seemingly compliant and apathetic behavior, ... Through such careful study and organized observation of criminal behavior, Hatcher became expert in criminal profiling. Hatcher ... defenses was that the victim consented to stay with him and a well known expert witness testified the victim's behavior ...
History of psychopathy
As a category it was used to target any and all dysfunctional or antisocial behavior, and in psychiatric categorization it ... fire-setting) etc.). In the UK the Mental Deficiency Act 1913 included the category of moral imbeciles, who were not ... Labels for personality and behavior patterns consistent with psychopathy exist in most cultures. In rural Nigeria, the term ... Hare also left out mention of suicidality being rarely completed and behavior with alcohol. Moreover, while Cleckley only ...
Conduct disorder
These behaviors are often referred to as "antisocial behaviors", and is often seen as the precursor to antisocial personality ... other than by fire setting) Has broken into someone else's house, building, or car Often lies to obtain goods or favors or to ... such that aggressive behaviors increase substance use, which leads to increased aggressive behavior. Substance use in conduct ... For instance, antisocial behavior suggestive of conduct disorder is associated with single parent status, parental divorce, ...
Taliesin (studio)
This behavior had been noticed by Wright and Borthwick, who issued an ad in a local paper for a replacement cook. Carlton was ... He then coated the bodies in gasoline and set them on fire, setting the house ablaze. Carlton then turned his attention to the ... Although Wright admired Noel's erratic personality at first, her behavior (later identified as schizophrenia) led to a ...
Mental disorder
Neither deviant behavior (e.g., political, religious, or sexual) nor conflicts that are primarily between the individual and ... fire-setting). Various behavioral addictions, such as gambling addiction, may be classed as a disorder. Obsessive-compulsive ... Chou KR, Lu RB, Chang M (December 2001). "Assaultive behavior by psychiatric in-patients and its related factors". The Journal ... There are many different categories of mental disorder, and many different facets of human behavior and personality that can ...
Forensic psychiatry
Woody, Robert Henley (23 January 2009). "Ethical Considerations of Multiple Roles in Forensic Services". Ethics & Behavior. 19 ... and fire-setting. They would be cared for by learning disability psychiatrists and registered learning disability nurses. Some ...
Facet theory
Canter, D. & Fritzon, K. (1998). Differentiating arsonists: A model of firesetting actions and characteristics. Legal and ... Often a partition-pattern leads to insights that explain behavior and may have potential applications. For example, the Radex ...
Debora Green
Green claimed that though her behavior in the summer and fall of 1995 had been neglectful, she had neither the desire nor the ... In seeking to find who had set fire to the Farrar-Green home, investigators looked first for physical evidence of fire-setting ... Police who responded to the home described Farrar and the children as "shaken" and Green's behavior as "bizarre". Though Green ... Green's drinking was especially heavy that day, and as her behavior grew stranger, Farrar contacted the police for assistance ...
1 May 2015 Jalisco attacks
They would then hijack the vehicles, spray them with gasoline on the inside, and set them on fire. Setting up roadblocks is a ... They also asked citizens to self-reflect on their behavior in society and analyze what they have done to promote change. The ...
Safety (firearms)
This defines the behavior of semi-automatic firearms which require a separate trigger pull to fire each successive cartridge ... "Fire" setting, or engage the safety (even on a cocked firearm) by pushing the lever upwards. A simpler "two-way" system was ...
Arsenical bronze
... and fumes from fire setting for mining and ore processing have long been known to attack the nervous system, eyes, lungs, and ... results in a stronger final product and better casting behavior. Copper ore is often naturally contaminated with arsenic; hence ...