Week 8-Pyromania Study Guide College of Nursing-PMHNP, Walden University NRNP 6665: PMHNP Care Across the Lifespan I

Week 8-Pyromania Study Guide College of Nursing-PMHNP, Walden University NRNP 6665: PMHNP Care Across the Lifespan I

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). (APA, 2013); (Sadock, Sadock, & Ruiz, 2015) Fire setting is not done for monetary gain, to express anger, to improve living conditions, in response to delusions or hallucinations, or impaired judgment Signs and Symptoms Deliberate and purposeful Fire setting is not better explained by another disorder Tension before the act Pleasure or gratification when witnessing or participating in a fir