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Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Vol. 25, No. 4, 2000, pp. 219-224
© 2000 Society of Pediatric Psychology
Commentary: Treatments for Enuresis: Criteria, Mechanisms, and Health Care Policy
University of Memphis
All correspondence should be sent to Arthur C. Houts, Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee 38152. E-mail: a.houts@mail.psych.memphis.edu .
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Mellon and McGrath (this issue) have done an admirable job of applying the modified Chambless criteria (Task Force on Promotion and Dissemination of Psychological Procedures, 1995
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Chambless et al., 1996), as
suggested by Journal of Pediatric Psychology editors, to the outcome
literature on psychological treatments for medically uncomplicated nocturnal
enuresis in children. This brief commentary addresses three issues. First,
what can we learn from the past? Specifically, how can we place psychological
treatment for enuresis in historical context and also in the current context
of a general movement within clinical psychology to respond to a managed care
environment by identifying empirically supported psychological treatments?
Second, and in light of that history of psychological treatments, why should
we take seriously the conclusion that "psycho" therapies, as
contrasted with behavior therapies, hold any promise for the treatment of
children's bedwetting? In other words, there is something very mistaken with a
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History and Current Context of Psychological Treatments for Enuresis |
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Repressing Psychotherapy for Enuresis |
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Enuresis Treatment and the Health Care System |
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