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Firesetting Behavior

Known as: Behaviors, Firesetting, fire setting, Pyromanias 
A disorder characterized by a fascination with fire and recurrent episodes of fire setting during which the individual experiences a rising… 
National Institutes of Health

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Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct DisordersPersonality Disorders
Impulsive character (finding)In BloodIntentional injuryMicrobiological

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Study of impulse control disorders among women presenting nicotine dependence
Objective. Impulse control disorders (ICDs) include intermittent explosive disorder, kleptomania, trichotillomania, pyromania and… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Secondary prevention of childhood firesetting.
OBJECTIVE The Juvenile Fire Awareness and Intervention Program was established to develop and evaluate an intervention to be… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Pathological firesetting in adults.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Assessment of dimensions of childhood firesetting among patients and nonpatients: The Firesetting Risk Interview
A model of firesetting risk poses that high curiosity, involvement in fire-related activities, exposure to peer/parental models… 
1987
1987
Firesetting in the adult psychiatric population.
Firesetting by adult psychiatric patients is a symptom found in many primary disorders; it is rarely a reflection of the classic… 
1986
1986
Factors which predict the persistence of aggressive conduct disorder.
Fifty-three boys with aggressive conduct disorder were followed up 2 years after their original examination. Twenty-four (45%) no… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Clinical characteristics of emotionally disturbed boys with very low activities of dopamine-beta-hydroxylase.
Twenty boys with very low levels of plasma dopamine-β-hydroxylase (DβH) are compared to 20 boys with plasma DβH greater than 15… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Children Who Set Fires: the Clinical Picture and a Follow-Up
Summary The study concerns 46 children who had set at least one fire and had been admitted to a psychiatric ward. Their… 
1972
1972
The demise of the state hospital--a premature obituary?
A five-year follow-up study of long-term state hospital patients revealed that ex-patients living alone or with family or friends… 
Highly Cited
1953
Highly Cited
1953
Pathological Firesetting (Pyromania)
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