The term pyromania comes from the Greek word πῦρ (pyr, fire). Pyromania is distinct from arson, the deliberate setting of fires for personal, monetary or political ...PyromaniaFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchIrresistancetostartingfiresThisarticleisaboutthedisorder.Forotheruses,seePyromania(disambiguation)."Pyromaniac"redirectshere.Forthefilm,seePyromaniac(film).Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Pyromania" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(July2012)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage)Thisarticlehasanunclearcitationstyle.Thereferencesusedmaybemadeclearerwithadifferentorconsistentstyleofcitationandfootnoting.(December2020)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage)MedicalconditionPyromaniaGarbagecontainerdamagedbyflames,likelyduetoapersonwithpyromaniaSpecialtyPsychiatry,clinicalpsychologySymptomsImpulsivestartingoffiresCausesParentalneglect,earlyphysicaloremotionalabuse,earlyobservationofinappropriatefireusagePreventionUnknownPyromaniaisanimpulsecontroldisorderinwhichindividualsrepeatedlyfailtoresistimpulsestodeliberatelystartfires,[1]inordertorelievesometensionorforinstantgratification.ThetermpyromaniacomesfromtheGreekwordπῦρ(pyr,fire).Pyromaniaisdistinctfromarson,thedeliberatesettingoffiresforpersonal,monetaryorpoliticalgain.[2]Pyromaniacsstartfirestoinduceeuphoria,andoftenfixateoninstitutionsoffirecontrollikefirehousesandfiremen.[citationneeded][dubious–discuss]Pyromaniaisatypeofimpulsecontroldisorder,alongwithkleptomania,intermittentexplosivedisorderandothers.Therearespecificsymptomsthatseparatepyromaniacsfromthosewhostartfiresforcriminalpurposesorduetoemotionalmotivationsnotspecificallyrelatedtofire.Someonesufferingfromthisdisorderdeliberatelyandpurposelysetsfiresonmorethanoneoccasion,andbeforetheactoflightingthefirethepersonusuallyexperiencestensionandanemotionalbuildup.Whenaroundfir