Pyromania –Case Study

Pyromania –Case Study

Author Name : S. Saradha Devi

INTRODUCTION Pyromania is defined as a pattern of deliberate setting of fires for pleasure or satisfaction derived from the relief of tension experienced before the fire-setting. The name of the disorder comes from two Greek words that mean "fire" and "loss of reason" or "madness." The clinician's handbook, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, also known as the DSM, classifies pyromania as a disorder of impulse control, meaning that 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. Mr.X a patient diagnosed with pyromania is admitted in psychiatric ward for his treatment with presenting complaints such as madness to set fire, impulsivity, frequent firesetting and aggressive behaviour