Abstract
Encopresis is described by the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10; F98.1), as the “repeated, voluntary or involuntary passage of feces, usually of normal or near-normal consistency, in places not appropriate for that purpose in the individual’s own sociocultural setting” (World Health Organisation 1996). The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5) classification (American Psychiatric Association 2013), is comparable except for the criterion of a shorter duration of 3 months (instead of 6 months). Also, it differentiates more precisely between the two subtypes with and without constipation (American Psychiatric Association 2013)
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von Gontard, A. (2014). Encopresis. In: Gerlach, M., Warnke, A., Greenhill, L. (eds) Psychiatric Drugs in Children and Adolescents. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1501-5_18
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