FAMILY-THERAPY AND SOILING - AN AUDIT OF EXTERNALIZING AND OTHER APPROACHES

This is a retrospective audit of the therapy outcome of 108 children w ith soiling and their families. Fifty-four children were treated by ex ternalizing and 54 comparison children and families were treated by th e usual methods in the same clinic. The results from the externalizing group were better and compared favourably with standards derived from previous studies of soiling. Externalizing was rated as much more hel pful by parents at follow-up.