Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Is pyromania really about sexual arousal? Freud thought so - modern science disagrees.

Sana Qadar unpacks the real psychology behind pyromania, why it's classified as an impulse control disorder and what the age-crime curve tells us about juvenile fire-setting.

This is an excerpt from the ABC Science 'All in the Mind' series.

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