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Overcoming Nocturnal Enuresis in a 16-year-old with Mental Handicap: An Alternative to the Dry Bed Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Irene Robson
Irene Robson
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Home Leader, Ashington
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Abstract

The dry bed approach, described by Azrin et al. (1973) as a highly successful way of bringing about night toilet-training in people with mental handicaps, is not always feasible. An alternative method, progressive lifting, was undertaken in a small group home to train a young man. Although very lengthy (lasting two years), the programme was successfully carried out by sleep-in staff who worked normal daytime shifts throughout.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , April 1988 , pp. 115 - 121
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1988

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