Fire-setting, pyromania and self-mutilation in female remanded prisoners

A co-morbid history of fire-setting and self-mutilation in a sample of female remanded prisoners identified a subgroup with severe personality disorder, early onset of behavioural disorder, and extensive criminality. The relationship between fire-setting and self-mutilation in these subjects was med...

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Published inThe Journal of forensic psychiatry Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 119 - 130
Main Authors Coid, Jeremy, Wilkins, John, Coid, Bina
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Taylor & Francis Group 01.04.1999
Routledge
Subjects
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
antisocial personality disorder
arson
Biological and medical sciences
female prisoners
fire-setting
Firesetting
Medical sciences
Prisoners
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
pyromania
self-mutilation
Selfinjury
Social behavior disorders. Criminal behavior. Delinquency
Women
Human
Self injury
Concomitant disease
Antisocial personality
Delinquency
Risk factor
Female
Social behavior disorder
Firesetting
Personality disorder
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Summary:A co-morbid history of fire-setting and self-mutilation in a sample of female remanded prisoners identified a subgroup with severe personality disorder, early onset of behavioural disorder, and extensive criminality. The relationship between fire-setting and self-mutilation in these subjects was mediated through antisocial personality disorder and an underlying mood disorder. The phenomenology of fire-setting and self-mutilating behaviour was identical in women with pyromania.
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ISSN:0958-5184
1469-9478
DOI:10.1080/09585189908402143