Editing Pyromania (section)

==History==
Pyromania was thought in the 1800s to be a concept involved with [[moral insanity]] and [[moral treatment]], but had not been categorized under impulse-control disorders. Pyromania is one of the four recognized types of arson alongside burning for profit, to cover up an act of crime, and for revenge. Pyromania is the second most common type of arson.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1967-12122-001 |title=ARSON: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PYROMANIA. |date=1 January 1967 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509015320/http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1967-12122-001 |archive-date=9 May 2015 }}</ref> Common [[synonym]]s for pyromaniacs in colloquial English include firebug (US) and fire raiser (UK), but these also refer to arsonists. Pyromania is a rare disorder with an incidence of less than one percent in most studies; also, pyromaniacs hold a very small proportion of psychiatric hospital admissions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/bfab/bfab009.html|date=1 March 2005|title=The arsonist's mind: part 2 – pyromania|publisher=Australian Institute of Criminology|url-status=dead|access-date=16 September 2021|archive-date=21 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621130849/https://aic.gov.au/publications/bfab/bfab009.html}}</ref> Pyromania can occur in children as young as age three, though such cases are rare. Only a small percentage{{Quantify|date=June 2011}} of children and teenagers arrested for arson are [[child pyromania]]cs. A preponderance of the individuals are male;<ref>{{cite book|last=Barker|first=A.F.|date=1994|title=Arson: A Review of the Psychiatric Literature|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> one source states that ninety percent of those diagnosed with pyromania are male.{{r|gale1998}} Based on a survey of 9,282 Americans using the ''[[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]]'', 4th edition, impulse-control problems such as gambling, pyromania and compulsive shopping collectively affect 9% of the population.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Alspach |first=Grif |date=1 August 2005 |title=1 – 2 – 3 – 4... Mental Illness Out the Door? |url=https://aacnjournals.org/ccnonline/article/25/4/8/11651/1-2-3-4-Mental-Illness-Out-the-Door |access-date=2021-09-16 |journal=Critical Care Nurse |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=8–10 |language=en |doi=10.4037/ccn2005.25.4.8|pmid=16034028 |doi-access=free }}</ref> A 1979 study by the [[Law Enforcement Assistance Administration]] found that only 14% of fires were started by pyromaniacs and others with mental illness.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Risk of Fire – Statistical Data Included|date=1 October 1999|journal=Risk & Insurance|first=Thomas E.|last=Smith}}</ref> A 1951 study by Lewis and Yarnell, one of the largest epidemiological studies conducted, found that 39% of those who had intentionally set fires had been diagnosed with pyromania.<ref>{{cite book|first=Robert E.|last=Hales|title=The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry|date=2008|publisher=American Psychiatric Pub |isbn=9781585622573|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2RzFWRIAsPAC&pg=PA791}}</ref>