| Abstract: | 2 groups of latency-age male enuretics were given symptomatic treatment consisting of routine supportive contact followed, if necessary, by the wetting-alarm treatment for enuresis. 1 group was composed of 22 persistent enuretics (those who have wet since birth) and the other of 23 acquired enuretics (those who have started to wet after a period of continence). In contrast to the persistent enuretics the acquired enuretics responded more favorably to routine contact alone, took less time, wet less frequently, and showed a faster rate of decrease in the course of symptomatic treatment. However, they had a higher rate of relapse, and had more symptoms and more deterioration in other areas of behavior in general after treatment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
