title: Encopresis responsive to non-psychiatric interventions. With remittance of familial psychopathology.
abstract: A case report of an adolescent with primary encopresis is presented in which the patient responded to standard medical interventions despite apparent significant psychopathology in the child and family. Psychological symptoms proved to be secondary and resolved with successful medical treatment and with attending to other concerns, such as this patient's school problems. Behavioral and medical literature related to encopresis is reviewed. It indicates that encopresis is associated more consistently with physiological abnormalities of the bowel rather than definable psychological disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Stern
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Prince
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Stroh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003248:Constipation / Q000150:complications; D004688:Encopresis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male