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Diagnosis information
Core diagnostic criteria, specifiers, differential considerations, and documentation support in one open, scan-friendly view.
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Core criterion A
Deliberate and purposeful fire setting on more than one occasion
Core criterion B
Tension or affective arousal before the act
Core criterion C
Fascination with, interest in, curiosity about, or attraction to fire and its situational contexts
Core criterion D
Pleasure, gratification, or relief when setting fires or when witnessing or participating in their aftermath
Core criterion E
Not done for monetary gain, expression of sociopolitical ideology, anger/vengeance, improving circumstances, delusional belief, impaired judgement, or another mental disorder
Consistent with [Pyromania] [specifier(s)]. There has been deliberate and purposeful fire setting on more than one occasion; tension or affective arousal before the act; fascination with, interest in, curiosity about, or attraction to fire and its situational contexts; pleasure, gratification, or relief when setting fires or when witnessing or participating in their aftermath, forming a pattern driven by internal urges rather than external gain. The presentation is further characterised by fire setting not motivated by monetary gain; not undertaken to express anger or vengeance; not performed to conceal criminal activity; not occurring as a response to delusions or hallucinations; not resulting from impaired judgement. These behaviours have resulted in clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, legal, or interpersonal functioning, with clear risk of harm, and are not better explained by conduct disorder, a manic episode, antisocial personality disorder, or substance intoxication.
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