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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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Review
2012
Review
2012
Firesetting and Mental Health: Theory, Research and Practice
Arson and other types of deliberate firesetting have major human and financial costs across the globe. People with mental… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
GloVis as a Resource for Teaching Geographic Content and Concepts
Abstract Teachers of geography and related topics across a range of educational levels benefit from convenient access to graphic… 
2006
2006
International approaches to reducing deliberately lit fires: Prevention Programmes
2001
2001
Assisting teachers to support mildly intellectually disabled learners in the foundation phase in accordance with the policy of inclusion
Review
1995
Review
1995
Mentally disordered firesetters.
Research on firesetters suggests that the majority are mentally disordered. Schizophrenics are slightly over-represented but most… 
1985
1985
The role of cyanide in fires.
Cyanide is a potent and rapidly lethal poison whose clinical and laboratory diagnosis is difficult. Cyanide is released in fire… 
Review
1981
Review
1981
Arson update: a review of the literature on firesetting.
1981
1981
Conspicuous Firesetting in Children
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)