"ON NUMEROUS occasions I have been requested to write a review of my articles on persistent enuresis, juvenile delinquency, and psychopathic personality which were published over a period of 18 years. In response I have attempted here to synthesize the individual reports into an integrated whole. All of the work stemmed originally from a clinical interest spurred on by a clinical hunch that there was an intimate association between persistent enuresis and personality mal-integration. This same interest led finally, in the later papers, to the consideration of character problems. The conceptions elaborated here are simple. I believe that they have general validity and that their fundamental nature can lead to significant bio-psycho-social implications."-Dr. Joseph J. Michaels

Dr. Joseph J. Michaels has divided his 12 papers, published over an 18-year period, into four series:

The first series (four papers) deals with studies of so-called normal children (controls) and neuropsychiatric patients, presenting data and their analysis primarily from a statistical standpoint.

The second series (four papers) consists in the analysis and interpretation of data pertaining to enuresis in the reports of other authors on delinquent and psychotic individuals.

The third series (two papers) is concerned with the relationship of enuresis, and of neurotic and anti-social traits to the electroencephalogram in children with behavior disorders.

The fourth series (two papers) is much broader in scope: the previous data, hypotheses and conclusions are re-evaluated against a background of the total personality viewed psychobiologically and psychoanalytically.