Who should accept primary responsibility for the encopretic child? A successful pediatric program based on dietary control, bowel training, and family counseling.
Such a program was used to treat 18 encopretic children; 17 improved and 14 became completely free of soiling. Most encopretic children can be managed by pediatricians and only those children with severe emotional disorders require psychiatric referral.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003376:Counseling; D004688:Encopresis / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014039:Toilet Training