Hanson M, Mackay S, Atkinson L, Staley S, Pignatiello A
Family Court Clinic, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario.
Can J Psychiatry. 1995 Aug;40(6):299-303. doi: 10.1177/070674379504000604.
To describe a methodology of assessing preschoolers involved in firesetting incidents, and outline the psychiatric implications of firesetting incidents in young children.
To outline The Arson Prevention Program for Children and present case vignettes.
The heightened risk of burn injury or fatality in fires caused by young children is highlighted and practical suggestions for facilitating the immediate safety of the child and family are presented.
Despite the popular notion that fire interest and play is relatively benign in young children, the cases show that, as with older children, firesetting in preschoolers can be associated with serious child and/or family psychopathology.
描述一种评估涉及纵火事件的学龄前儿童的方法,并概述幼儿纵火事件的精神病理学影响。
概述儿童纵火预防计划并呈现病例 vignettes。
强调了幼儿引发火灾导致烧伤或死亡的高风险,并提出了促进儿童和家庭即时安全的实用建议。
尽管普遍认为幼儿对火的兴趣和玩火相对无害,但这些案例表明,与大龄儿童一样,学龄前儿童纵火可能与严重的儿童和/或家庭精神病理学有关。