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Treatment of Nocturnal Enuresis

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Handbook of Effective Psychotherapy

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Although functional enuresis is one of the more objectively measurable disorders clinicians treat, there is considerable disagreement about its definition.

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Kaplan, S.L., Busner, J. (1993). Treatment of Nocturnal Enuresis. In: Giles, T.R. (eds) Handbook of Effective Psychotherapy. The Plenum Behavior Therapy Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2914-9_6

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