NCJ Number
53352
Journal
CESKOSLOVENSKA PSYCHIATRIE Volume: 70 Issue: 3 Dated: (1974) Pages: 158-166
Date Published
1974
Length
9 pages
Annotation
THIS PAPER PRESENTS A REVIEW OF RECENT LITERATURE FOLLOWED BY MEDICAL HISTORY SUMMARIES OF SEVEN MINOR PATIENTS WHO COMMITTED ARSON.
Abstract
THEIR ACTIVITY RESULTED FROM DIFFERENT PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL GROUNDS. THE AUTHOR POINTS TO THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SYMPTOM AND NOTES THAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF SUCH CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR CAN BE ENCOUNTERED IN INDIVIDUAL PYROMANIAC PATIENTS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE PATHOLOGICAL ARSON MAY BE CONNECTED WITH OTHER BEHAVIOR DISORDERS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)