Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with enuresis.
Enuresis is a symptom that is frequently encountered in child psychiatric evaluations. Careful assessment is required to identify specific urologic, developmental, psychosocial, and sleep-related etiologies. For most children with enuresis, however, a specific etiology cannot be determined. Treatment then involves supportive approaches, conditioning with a urine alarm, or medications--imipramine or desmopressin acetate. The psychosocial consequences of the symptom must be recognized and addressed with sensitivity during the evaluation and treatment of enuresis.
Fritz
Gregory
G
Rockney
Randy
R
Bernet
William
W
Arnold
Valerie
V
Beitchman
Joseph
J
Benson
R Scott
RS
Bukstein
Oscar
O
Kinlan
Joan
J
McClellan
Jon
J
Rue
David
D
Shaw
Jon A
JA
Stock
Saundra
S
Kroeger Ptakowski
Kristin
K
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004775:Enuresis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012076:Renal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
D012076:Renal Agents; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin