Diagnostic criteria:
(1) deliberate setting of fires more than once.
(2) experience of intense emotions prior to setting a fire
(3) fascination with anything to do with fires
(4) pleasure or release on seeing or being involved with a fire
Exclusion criteria:
(1) no other explanation
(2) not done for monetary gain
(3) not done for a sociopolitical ideology.
(4) not done to conceal a criminal act.
(5) not done as a conscious expression of anger or vengeance.
(6) not done to improve one's living circumstances.
(7) not done in response to a delusion or hallucination.
(8) not done as a result of impaired judgement due to delusion or intoxication.
Additional features:
(1) Some patients may become firemen, especially in volunteer services.
