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Behaviour: Deliberate lighting of Fires

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Behaviour: Deliberate lighting of Fires

ID 3584

Pyromania is an impulse control disorder in which individuals repeatedly fail to resist the urge to start fires. This deliberate lighting of fires is done in order to relieve tension or for instant gratification.

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