Looking for pyromania: Characteristics of a consecutive sample of Finnish male criminals with histories of recidivist fire-setting between 1973 and 1993

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>As pyromania is a rare diagnosis with questionable validity, we aimed to describe a forensic psychiatric population of arson recidivists.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The medical records as well as the forensic psych...

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Main Authors: Tani Pekka, Holi Matti M, Lindberg Nina, Virkkunen Matti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-12-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/5/47