pyrophilia
Sign in to savePyrophilia is a relatively uncommon paraphilia in which a subject derives gratification from fire and fire-starting activity. It is distinguished from pyromania by the gratification being of a sexual nature.
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It is catalogued under topics including Fire and Paraphilias.
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- Instance of
- sexual preference
- Subclass of
- paraphilia
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- health specialty
- psychology
- different from
- pyromania
- opposite of
- pyrophobia
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Pyrophilia is a relatively uncommon paraphilia in which a subject derives gratification from fire and fire-starting activity. It is distinguished from pyromania by the gratification being of a sexual nature.
==Description== While the erotic focus immediately raises the diagnostic issue of pyromania, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV classifies this disorder as an impulse-control disorder, with nothing to indicate or suggest an overlap between this disorder and the paraphilias.
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