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Enuresis and Encopresis

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Handbook of Child Psychopathology

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The first portion of this chapter features a description of childhood enuresis. It is in many ways a very different and interesting disorder. It is one in which the child and family in general quietly suffer through the problem. Parents often hesitate even to bring it to the attention of their doctor. The embarrassment to the child and the family seems to be a primary factor. There is a tendency to attribute it to poor parenting or to some significant psychopathology in the child. For these and other reasons, treatment is postponed, often indefinitely, in the hopes that the enuresis will resolve. “Home remedies” abound.

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