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3 Enuresis causes psychiatric problems. Several studies have shown that suc-
cessful treatment or natural remission of enuresis is accompanied by a
decrease in the rate of psychiatric problems. However, children whose
enuresis has resolved still have a higher rate of psychiatric problems
than controls.
Subject review
Butler RJ. (2008) Wetting and soiling.In: Rutter Met al.(eds)Rutter’s
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 5th edn. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester,
pp. 916–929.
Further reading
Butler RJet al. (2005) Nocturnal enuresis at 7.5 years old: Prevalence and
analysis of clinical signs.BJU International 96 , 404–410.
Nunes VDet al. (2010) Management of bedwetting in children and young
people: Summary of NICE guidance.BMJ 341 , c5399 – print edition of
30 October.
Rutter Met al. (1970)Education, Health and Behaviour. Longman, London.