Editing Pyromania (section)

{{Short description|Irresistance to starting fires}}
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{{About|the disorder}}
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'''Pyromania''' is an [[impulse-control disorder]] in which individuals repeatedly fail to resist impulses to deliberately start fires,<ref name="BehaveNet">{{cite web|title=Pyromania &#124; BehaveNet|url=http://behavenet.com/pyromania|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117231840/http://behavenet.com/pyromania|archive-date=17 January 2013|access-date=27 February 2015|publisher=behavenet.com}}</ref> to relieve some tension or for instant gratification. The term ''pyromania'' comes from the Greek word {{lang|grc|πῦρ}} (''pyr'', 'fire'). Pyromania is distinct from arson, the deliberate setting of fires for personal, monetary or political gain.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2RzFWRIAsPAC&pg=PA793|title=The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry|author=Robert E. Hales|year=2008 |editor1=Stuart C. Yudofsky|editor2=Glen O. Gabbard|publisher=American Psychiatric Pub|isbn=9781585622573|page=793|section=Impulse Disorders Not Elsewhere Classified}}</ref> Pyromaniacs start fires to release anxiety and tension, or for [[arousal]].<ref name="WebMD">{{cite web |url=https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/what-is-pyromania |title=What Is Pyromania? |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 22 June 2021 |website=[[WebMD]].com |publisher= [[Internet Brands]] |access-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613025207/https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/what-is-pyromania |archive-date=13 June 2022}}</ref> Other impulse-control disorders include [[kleptomania]] and [[intermittent explosive disorder]].

There are specific symptoms that separate pyromaniacs from those who start fires for criminal purposes or due to emotional motivations not specifically related to fire. Someone with this disorder deliberately and purposely sets fires on more than one occasion, and before the act of lighting the fire the person usually experiences tension and an emotional buildup. When around fires, a person with pyromania gains intense interest or fascination and may also experience pleasure, gratification or relief.<ref name="frey">{{Cite book |last=Frey |first=Rebecca J. |title=Pyromania |date=2003 |work=Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders |volume=2 |pages=802–806}}</ref> Another long term contributor often linked with pyromania is the buildup of [[Chronic stress|stress]]. When studying the lifestyle of someone with pyromania, a buildup of stress and emotion is often evident and this is seen in teens' attitudes towards friends and family.<ref name="gale1998">{{cite journal|publisher=Gale Research|date=1998|title=Impulse Control Disorders|work=Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood & Adolescence}}</ref> At times it is difficult to distinguish the difference between pyromania and experimentation in childhood because both involve pleasure from the fire.<ref name="FirstFrances2004">{{cite book|author1=Michael B. First |author2=Allen Frances |author3=Harold Alan Pincus |title=DSM-IV-TR Guidebook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hU_L1KUsNfIC&pg=PA337 |access-date=24 February 2013 |year=2004 |publisher=American Psychiatric Pub |isbn=978-1-58562-068-5 |page=337 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925101242/http://books.google.com/books?id=hU_L1KUsNfIC&pg=PA337 |archive-date=25 September 2014 }}</ref>