Two groups of latency-age male enuretics were given symptomatic treatment consisting of routine supportive contact followed, if necessary, by the wetting-alarm treatment for enuresis. One group was composed of 22 persistent enuretics (those who have wet since birth) and the other of 23 acquired enuretics (those who have started to wet after a period of continence). In contrast to the persistent enuretics the acquired enuretics responded more favorably to routine contact alone; took less time; wet less frequently; and showed a faster rate of decrease in the course of symptomatic treatment. However, they had a higher rate of relapse, and had more symptoms and more deterioration in other areas of behavior in general after treatment.