@article{ref1,
title="Arson--a disorder of impulse control?",
journal="Gesundheitswesen",
year="1994",
author="Hollweg, M.",
volume="56",
number="6",
pages="330-334",
abstract="Reviewing the literature the current knowledge about the motivational basis of arson is discussed. Fire-setters form a heterogenous group; they seem to commit their crimes for different reasons. Some of them are imbecile, some suicidal, and other showed autoaggressive behaviour in the past; sometimes a connection with sexual excitement can be observed. The criteria for the diagnosis &quot;pyromania&quot; used in the classification manuals DSM-III-R and ICD-10 are strict, in order to facilitate an operationalised diagnosis. Most of the fire-settings cannot be classified under this subcategory of &quot;disorders of impulse control&quot;. However, impairments of impulse control are typical characteristics in most cases of arson.<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0941-3790",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}