title: [Encopresis--in a child psychiatric treatment regime].
abstract: The evidence to date suggests a multi-factoral aetiology for encopresis, especially in cases where it is part of a psychiatric disorder. A physiological predisposition, the age at which bowel training is begun, the parent-child relationship and environmental stresses are influential. Thus no single treatment will suffice for the varieties of encopresis encountered in child psychiatric practice. This paper presents a programme used at a child psychiatric unit and embodying several methods of treatment: use of lavement, laxatives and softeners, counselling, behaviour modification and environmental therapy.
authors.affiliation: Barnepsykiatrisk klinikk Statens senter for barneog ungdomspsykiatri, Oslo.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Berge
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Diseth
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry; D004688:Encopresis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Enkoprese--i et barnepsykiatrisk behandlingsopplegg.