Definition
1833 by Marc
A common symptom of Pyromania in children is
The Curiosity of fire setting with the intent to cause damage
Mental Treatment
Parental support during childhood
Admitted to setting over 76 fires in the Pacific Northwest in 1992 and killed 7 people claiming he was confused and felt he needed to set things on fire
Paul Kenneth Keller
Pyromania is
An obsessive desire to set fire to things
People With Pyromania might often set off what
Fire Alarms
Physical Treatments
Therapy and Relaxation training
This actor From Black Panther Admitted to being a pyromaniac when growing up
Micheal B Jordan, "I was a Pyromaniac Growing up"
Intoxicated with alcohol at the time of the setting
Before the Act people with pyromania often
Feel tension or affective arousal
Common medication between patients
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
This British Arsonist admitted to causing multiple fires in the 1970s one of them killing a family of five known for his obsession with fire from a young age starting at 9
Peter Dinsdale (Bruce George Peter Lee)
Deliberate and purposeful fire setting on more than one occasion
how do people with pyromania often feel when or witnessing fire setting
Pleasure, Gratisfaction, or relief
Extra treatment along with medications
Convicted of setting the 2006 Esperanza Fire in California which burned over 40,000 acres killing 5 firefighters
Raymond Lee Oyler
Pyromania is best explained as
conduct disorder, a manic episode, or antisocial personality disorder
People with Pyromania are often Regular what of fires
often Watchers of fires
Problem With lack of treatment of Pyromania
Risk of lives and destruction of property
While as a firefighter this Pyromaniac set hundreds of fires while working to stop them that ended up killing 4 people also known as the "most notorious arsonist in american history"
John Leonard Orr also known as "The Pillow Pyro"