Pyromania

Pyromania is an impulse control disorder in which individuals repeatedly fail to resist impulses to deliberately start fires, in order to relieve tension or for instant gratification. The term pyromania comes from the Greek word πῦρ (pyr, fire). Pyromania and pyromaniacs are distinct from arson, the pursuit of personal, monetary or political gain. It is multiple, deliberate and purposeful fire setting rather than accidental. Pyromaniacs start fires to induce euphoria, and often fixate on institutions of fire control like fire stations and firefighters. Pyromania is defined as a pattern of deliberate setting of fires for pleasure or personal gratification derived from the relief of tension experienced before the fire-setting. Pyromania is classified as an impulse control disorder because a person diagnosed with pyromania fails to resist the impulsive desire to set fires, as opposed to the organized planning of an arsonist or terrorist. This type of behavior can lead to hazardous situations and criminal charges being placed against the pyromaniac. Pyromania is extremely rare; less than one percent of reported recent studies were related to pyromania. More men than women are diagnosed with pyromania. When a person is a pyromaniac, he/she never sets fire to things for anything but a sense of satisfaction. To be considered a pyromaniac, a person must set fire to something more than once. Pyromania is a type of impulse control disorder, along with kleptomania, compulsive gambling, trichotillomania and others.
Causes
Most studied cases of pyromania occur in children and teenagers. Common causes of pyromania can be broken down into two main groups: individual and environmental. This includes the complex understanding of factors such as individual temperament, parental psychopathology, and possible neurochemical predispositions. Many studies have shown that patients with pyromanias were in households without a father figure present.
Individual Causes :-
Individual