Bedwetting historical perspective
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Historical Perspective
Historical Psychological Perspective on Bedwetting
An early psychological perspective on bedwetting was given in 1025 by Avicenna in The Canon of Medicine:[1]
“Urinating in bed is frequently predisposed by deep sleep: when urine begins to flow, its inner nature and hidden will (resembling the will to breathe) drives urine out before the child awakes. When children become stronger and more robust, their sleep is lighter and they stop urinating.”
Psychological theory through the 1960s placed much greater focus on the possibility that a bedwetting child might be acting out, purposefully striking back against parents by soiling linens and bedding. (More recent research and medical literature states that this is very rare.)[2][3]
References
- ↑ Alexander Z. Golbin, Howard M. Kravitz, Louis G. Keith (2004). Sleep Psychiatry. Taylor and Francis. p. 171. ISBN 1-84214-145-7.
- ↑ Template:Citeweb
- ↑ “Many Older Children Struggle With Bedwetting”. MUSC Children’s Hospital. Archived from the original on 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
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