Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide
Pyromania
DEFINITION
- Pyromania is defined as the deliberate setting of fires, accompanied by tension before the act, relief after the act, and with no secondary gain derived from the act.
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Last updated: June 10, 2017
Citation
Colaianni, Alessa, and O. Joseph Bienvenu. "Pyromania." Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2017. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787094/all/Pyromania.
Colaianni A, Bienvenu O. Pyromania. Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2017. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787094/all/Pyromania. Accessed September 29, 2025.
Colaianni, A., & Bienvenu, O. (2017). Pyromania. In Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787094/all/Pyromania
Colaianni A, Bienvenu O. Pyromania [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2017. [cited 2025 September 29]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787094/all/Pyromania.
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