Elimination Disorders provides a behaviorally informed overview of the assessment and treatment of elimination-related difficulties within integrated and stepped-care healthcare settings. The chapter discusses conditions such as enuresis and encopresis while emphasizing that elimination problems are often influenced by a complex interaction of learning histories, medical variables, environmental contingencies, family dynamics, and emotional responding. Rather than conceptualizing these behaviors solely as symptoms of pathology, the authors frame them within a functional and contextual model that examines the circumstances under which the behaviors occur, the consequences maintaining them, and the broader social and developmental contexts surrounding the individual. The chapter highlights the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in integrated care settings, particularly when coordinating behavioral, medical, and family-based interventions.
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Citations: Law, S., Malady, M., Buqo, T., Williams, W. (2018). Elimination Disorders. Principle-Based Stepped Care and Brief Psychotherapy for Integrated Care Settings. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Co