The parents of four-year-old Sam are concerned because their son wets his bed most nights. They have heard stories describing the future of children who wet their beds. They seek the advice of their physician who finds that Sam has no medical problems
that might cause this bedwetting. What is the physician likely to say?
a. Sam probably also meets the criteria for encopresis.
b. Sam has not yet reached the age at which bedwetting is considered abnormal.
c. Sam is probably just going through the beginning stages of oppositional defiant disorder.
d. Sam probably suffers from autistic disorder, and the bedwetting reflects his immaturity.
Answer: b.
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