Yangın çıkarma, piromani ve adli psikiyatrik yönleri

Abstract

Piromani, Ruhsal Bozuklukların Tanısal ve İstatistiksel El Kitabı’nın 5. basımında The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5, DSM-5 Yıkıcı Bozukluklar, Dürtü Kontrol ve Davranım bozuklukları arasında yer alan, tekrarlayıcı yangın çıkarmalarla karakterize bir bozukluktur. Bu konu uzun zamandır tıbbi literatürde yer almasına rağmen yangın çıkaran kişiler arasında ek tanıların fazla olması nedeniyle çok az tanı almaktadır. Hastalığın aynı zamanda suç sayılıyor olması, adli durumlarda önem taşımaktadır. Bu yazıda, hastalığın doğası hakkında bilgilere ve Türk Ceza Kanunu ile Türk Medeni Kanunu’na göre piromaninin değerlendirilmesine yer verilmiştir

Keywords

• Piromani
• yangın çıkarma
• adli psikiyatri

Firesetting, pyromania and forensic psychiatric aspects

Abstract

Pyromania is an impulse-control disorder characterized by repetitively starting fires; it is classified among Disruptive Disorders, Impulse Control and Conduct Disorders in the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5 . Although this disorder has been in the medical literature for a long time, it has received very few diagnoses due to the high number of accompanying diagnoses among fire setters. The fact that the disorder usually involves a crime is important in forensic cases. This article addresses information about the nature of the disorder and an evaluation of pyromania according to the Turkish Criminal Code and the Turkish Civil Code.

Keywords

• Pyromania
• firesetting
• forensic psychiatry
• Turkish Criminal Code

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