TY - JOUR PY - 1991// TI - Adolescent female firesetters JO - Canadian journal of psychiatry, The A1 - Saunders, E. B. A1 - Awad, George A. SP - 401 EP - 404 VL - 36 IS - 6 N2 - A retrospective study of the charts of 13 female adolescent firesetters revealed severe family and individual pathology. The parents had a history of separation, violence, alcohol and/or drug abuse, and inability to take care of the children. The girls had a long history of serious behavioural problems. Four girls had set one fire, six had set several fires within a period of a few days, three had a long-standing history of setting fires. The girls showed a lack of remorse or concern for their behaviours.

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