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Treatment of Encopresis

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Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents

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Since the term “encopresis” was established by Weissenberg in 1926, numerous articles have appeared, sometimes offering conflicting views of etiology, diagnosis, and treatment. The major reason for this disagreement may be that all encopresis is not one single disease entity and that the symptom of fecal soiling may be observed in different types of children. Therefore, by way of introduction, it might be useful to differentiate the various types of fecal soiling and their respective causes.

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  1. Division of Child Adolescent and Family Psychiatry, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    G. Pirooz Sholevar M.D. (Clinical Professor and Director) (Clinical Professor and Director)

  2. Youth and Outpatient Services Children’s Psychiatric Hospital, University Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Ronald M. Benson M.D. (Clinical Associate Professor and Director) (Clinical Associate Professor and Director)

  3. Department of Psychiatry Human Behavior School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA

    Barton J. Blinder M.D. (Clinical Associate Professor) (Clinical Associate Professor)

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Bemporad, J.R., Kresch, R.A., Asnes, R.S., Sholevar, G.P. (1980). Treatment of Encopresis. In: Sholevar, G.P., Benson, R.M., Blinder, B.J. (eds) Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Child Behavior and Development. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6684-3_24

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