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Mentally disordered firesetters: a structured intervention programme
Author(s) -
Swaffer Tracey,
Haggett Mick,
Oxley Tanith
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
clinical psychology and psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.315
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1099-0879
pISSN - 1063-3995
DOI - 10.1002/cpp.299
Subject(s) - psychology , intervention (counseling) , focus (optics) , work (physics) , applied psychology , psychiatry , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , optics
Although there has been a fairly substantial focus in previous research upon understanding the characteristic of firesetters and incidents of firesetting; there is a dearth of published studies that focus upon treatment strategies for use with mentally disordered firesetters. The current research rectifies this shortfall by describing the development and content of a firesetting treatment package, designed for use with individuals who have a mental disorder. Wherever possible, the reported features of the package are ground in the previous published research. Issues concerning evaluation of this type of therapeutic work are also discussed. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.