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Encopresis

LC control no.sh 85042990
LC classificationRJ506.E5
Topical headingEncopresis
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Variant(s)Encopresis in children
Fecal soiling, Psychogenic
Psychogenic fecal soiling
Soiling, Psychogenic fecal
See alsoChild psychopathology
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Scope noteHere are entered works on voluntary or involuntary defecation in abnormal places. Works on involuntary defecation as a symptom of disease are entered under Fecal incontinence.
Subject example tracingNote under Fecal incontinence
Found inForfar paediatrics ("Encopretic children not only soil but actively refuse to use the pot or toilet")
Kaplan psych. ("encopresis rarely continues beyond early to middle adolescence")
Campbell psych. dict.