The incidence of fire setting and associated psychopathology of children attending a child psychiatric outpatients.
Fire setting can be a serious form of anti-social behaviour. A study of 79 consecutive out-patient attenders at a Child Guidance Clinic found a rate of 15 (18.9%). The number of fires set ranged from 1 to 20 (mean 9.9). Conduct disorder was found in 8 (53.3%) of the fire setters.
Fitzgerald
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St. Loman's Hospital, Palmerstown, Dublin.
O'Hanlon
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000150:complications; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005391:Firesetting Behavior / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007494:Ireland; D008297:Male; D010045:Outpatients