Pathological firesetting in adults

Geller, Jeffrey L.

doi:10.1016/0160-2527(92)90004-k

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“…Furthermore, occasional serious problems may arise from deliberate burning to reduce fuels in wildland. And, it seems, there will always be a ''vast panorama of arsonists'' (Leone, 1997), who only need to set relatively few fires on the 'right' day to overwhelm local suppression resources: ''despite two centuries of focusing on the subject of pathological fire setting, it remains in many instances an enigma'' (Geller, 1992).…”

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confidence: 99%

Landscape fires as social disasters: An overview of ‘the bushfire problem’

Gill

2005

Environmental Hazards

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The 'landscape', 'bushfire' or 'forest-fire' problem is exemplified by the destruction of homes and human lives by landscape fires raging out of control. The 'problem' involves a series of landscapes (e.g. wildland and suburb), a series of systems (e.g. biophysical system and environmental-effects system), and a series of time phases (e.g. planning phase). It is a multi-stakeholder, multi-variable, multi-scale problem. Land uses, like 'farmland', imply a set of specific assets and, therefore, particular perceptions of losses. In all land-use designations, at any one point, fire-proneness may be seen as a function of exposure to ignition sources (embers, burning brands or flame radiation and flame contact) and the ease of ignition. The landscape-fire problem has multiple partial 'solutions', not just one overall solution, and these involve social governance, land management (public and private), suppression capacity and personal preparedness. The problem needs to be addressed at multiple temporal and spatial scales in an integrated fashion for the outcome to be of maximal benefit. There will always be a residual risk of severe fire occurrence. Minimisation of residual risk requires effective land management, recurrent funding and the perpetual vigilance of all parties. r

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Landscape fires as social disasters: An overview of ‘the bushfire problem’

Gill

2005

Environmental Hazards

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“…For further background on assessment and treatment approaches, see Clare et al [21] and Murphy and Clare [22]. For an historical overview, see Geller [23].…”

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confidence: 99%

Forensic aspects in people with intellectual disabilities

Chaplin¹

2006

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

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The growth of research in this area has aided the development of assessment and treatment instruments and treatment models for people with intellectual disabilities. This has helped to highlight the specialist and complex nature of this group. The review also looks at services from the point of delivery and the difficulty in research methodology and quantifying outcomes that take into account a changing society and current health inequalities.

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“…Rare associations of fire-setting behavior with sexual disorders, e.g. paraphilias, luteal phase dysphoric disorder, Asperger's syndrome, delirious states, dementia, epilepsy, Klinefelter syndrome, XYY karyotype, Kleine-Levin syndrome, Fahr disease, and mutations in the gene encoding for monoamine oxidase A, have been reported [1][2][3][4][5]. Although a link between fire-setting behavior and various organic brain disorders has been established [6], associations between fire-setting and focal brain lesions have not yet been reported.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Thus far, studies on the characteristics of fire-setters have revealed associations with substance use disorders, personality disorders, mental retardation, schizophrenia-, mood-and neurotic-spectrum disorders, and impulse-control disorders, including pyromania [1]. Rare associations of fire-setting behavior with sexual disorders, e.g.…”

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confidence: 98%