Pyromania is a type of impulse control disorder, again not looked at as a addiction base but treatment has many aspects of addiction treatments. Pyromania is an impulse to start fires deliberately to relieve tension and typically includes feelings of gratification or relief afterward. Unlike arsonists, pyromaniacs start fires to induce euphoria, and often fixate on institutions of fire control like fire stations and firefighters. They will often remain at or near the scene of the firs just to watch the fire fighters get the fire under control.
Pyromaniacs are treated mostly through behavioral modification therapy. The prognosis for treatment is generally fair to poor. Treatment appears to work in 95% of children that exhibit signs of pyromania, which include family therapy and community intervention. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are also used to treat pyromania.
Pyromania is a rare disorder. Pyromania can occur in children as young as age three, but it is rare in adults and rarer in children. Only a small percentage of children and adolescents arrested for arson have pyromania. Pyromania is primarily a male disorder with 90% diagnosis male.
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