@article{ref1,
title="Characteristics of fire-setters. A study and proposed multiaxial psychiatric classification",
journal="British journal of psychiatry",
year="1995",
author="Puri, B. K. and Cordess, C. C. and Baxter, R.",
volume="166",
number="3",
pages="393-396",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The study set out to review the relationship between mental disorder and fire-setting. METHOD: Sociodemographic, psychiatric, and medical data were retrospectively obtained from case notes of a group of 36 fire-setters referred to the North West Thames Forensic Psychiatry Service over a four-year period. RESULTS: Of the sample, 28% were female and one-third had no mental illness; 28% had a previous medical history of possible relevance. Psychoactive substance abuse was common. There was a significant disturbance of interpersonal relationships. Eighty-five per cent lived alone, and 44% of the female fire-setters had a history of sexual abuse. CONCLUSION: On the basis of this study, a multiaxial classification system of fire-setting is proposed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0007-1250",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}