Week 8-Pyromania Study Guide
Holly Bowling
College of Nursing-PMHNP, Walden University
NRNP 6665: PMHNP Care Across the Lifespan
I Dr. Pamela Mokoko
April 26th, 2021
, Pyromania
Impulse control disorder in which people cannot restrain themselves from acting on strong and
compelling urges of intense desire to prepare, set, and watch fires
(Sadock, Sadock, & Ruiz, 2015).
Signs and
Symptoms
Fire setting is not done for monetary gain, to express anger, to improve living conditions, in re
Deliberate and judgment
purposeful
Fire setting is not better explained by another
disorder
Tension
before the act
Pleasure or gratification when witnessing or participating in a
fire
Fascination
or attraction to fire
(APA, 2013); (Sadock, Sadock, & Ruiz, 2015)
Holly Bowling
College of Nursing-PMHNP, Walden University
NRNP 6665: PMHNP Care Across the Lifespan
I Dr. Pamela Mokoko
April 26th, 2021
, Pyromania
Impulse control disorder in which people cannot restrain themselves from acting on strong and
compelling urges of intense desire to prepare, set, and watch fires
(Sadock, Sadock, & Ruiz, 2015).
Signs and
Symptoms
Fire setting is not done for monetary gain, to express anger, to improve living conditions, in re
Deliberate and judgment
purposeful
Fire setting is not better explained by another
disorder
Tension
before the act
Pleasure or gratification when witnessing or participating in a
fire
Fascination
or attraction to fire
(APA, 2013); (Sadock, Sadock, & Ruiz, 2015)
