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Arson: an unforeseen sequela of deinstitutionalization

dc.contributor.authorGeller, Jeffrey L.
dc.date2022-08-11T08:10:22.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T17:06:12Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T17:06:12Z
dc.date.issued1984-04-01
dc.date.submitted2010-11-18
dc.identifier.citationAm J Psychiatry. 1984 Apr;141(4):504-8.
dc.identifier.issn0002-953X (Linking)
dc.identifier.pmid6703127
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/45033
dc.description.abstractDid the shift from institutional to community-based services brought about by deinstitutionalization affect the nature or function of pathological fire setting? The author studied admissions to a state hospital that were precipitated by arson. During a 200-day period, 14 patients accounted for 16 admissions and 17 fires. The data indicate that fires are set by consumers of public sector mental health services to communicate a wish or a need for a change in location of those services. Communicative arson has caused property damage, personal injury, and death and has resulted in a backlash against community alternatives for psychiatric treatment.
dc.language.isoen_US
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dc.relation.urlhttp://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/reprint/141/4/504
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectAttitude to Health
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectCommitment of Mentally Ill
dc.subject*Communication
dc.subject*Deinstitutionalization
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectFiresetting Behavior
dc.subjectHospitals, Psychiatric
dc.subjectHospitals, State
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectImpulse Control Disorders
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMental Disorders
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectMotivation
dc.subjectHealth Services Research
dc.subjectMental and Social Health
dc.subjectPsychiatric and Mental Health
dc.subjectPsychiatry
dc.subjectPsychiatry and Psychology
dc.titleArson: an unforeseen sequela of deinstitutionalization
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleThe American journal of psychiatry
dc.source.volume141
dc.source.issue4
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_cmhsr/141
dc.identifier.contextkey1648041
html.description.abstract<p>Did the shift from institutional to community-based services brought about by deinstitutionalization affect the nature or function of pathological fire setting? The author studied admissions to a state hospital that were precipitated by arson. During a 200-day period, 14 patients accounted for 16 admissions and 17 fires. The data indicate that fires are set by consumers of public sector mental health services to communicate a wish or a need for a change in location of those services. Communicative arson has caused property damage, personal injury, and death and has resulted in a backlash against community alternatives for psychiatric treatment.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathpsych_cmhsr/141
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychiatry
dc.source.pages504-8


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