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Treatment of childhood encopresis — a review
Author(s) -
THAPAR ANITA,
DAVIES GILLIAN,
JONES TESSA,
RIVETT MARK
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1992.tb00364.x
Subject(s) - encopresis , psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , enuresis
Summary Children with encopresis may present to a number of different professionals. The literature on different treatment methods is reviewed. The roles of verbal psychotherapy, physical treatment, behaviour therapy and mixed treatment programmes are discussed.