Mutism - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Silent suffering: understanding and treating children with selective mutism.

30 Jan 2009 Children with selective mutism (SM) restrict speech in some social environments, often resulting in substantial academic and social impairment. Although SM is considered rare, one or more children with SM can be found in most elementary schools. ... Read more...

Recent findings in social phobia among children and adolescents.

30 Dec 2008 Childhood social phobia (SP) is common and associated with varying forms of impairment. The cause of social anxiety disorder is often complex, involving both genetic and environmental factors. Shyness in young children may be a possible precursor to ... Read more...

Refining the classification of children with selective mutism: a latent profile analysis.

29 Sep 2008 The goal of this study was to develop an empirically derived classification system for selective mutism (SM) using parent-report measures of social anxiety, behavior problems, and communication delays. The sample consisted of parents of 130 children ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mutism - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Selective inability to speak, a expression of division between two cultures] 29 Sep 2009
• Silent suffering: understanding and treating children with selective mutism. 30 Jan 2009
• Recent findings in social phobia among children and adolescents. 30 Dec 2008
• ["Selective mutism--when children are speechless"] 29 Nov 2008
• Refining the classification of children with selective mutism: a latent profile analysis. 29 Sep 2008
• Comparing interventions for selective mutism: a pilot study. 29 Sep 2008
• Selective mutism: a review and integration of the last 15 years. 28 Sep 2008
• [Selective mutism--when children are speechless] 30 Aug 2008
• Predicting children with pervasive developmental disorders using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition. 30 Jul 2008
• Selective mutism and the anxiety spectrum--a long-term case report. 30 May 2008
• Psychiatric symptoms in idiopathic intracranial hypertension. 30 May 2008
• [Progressive anarthria: an individual entity] 5 May 2008
• A controlled single-case treatment of severe long-term selective mutism in a child with mental retardation. 18 Apr 2008
• Parental responses to positive and negative emotions in anxious and nonanxious children. 30 Mar 2008
• The development and psychometric properties of the selective mutism questionnaire. 30 Mar 2008
• 'More than 100 years of silence', elective mutism: a review of the literature. 18 Mar 2008
• The idiot's dreams: rêverie in child psychotherapy. 28 Feb 2008
• Treatment of selective mutism: focus on selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. 30 Jan 2008
• The cerebellar mutism syndrome and its relation to cerebellar cognitive function and the cerebellar cognitive affective disorder. 30 Dec 2007
• [Treatment of selective mutism] 30 Oct 2007

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Technical information about 'Mutism'

Definition: The inability to generate oral-verbal expression, despite normal comprehension of speech. This may be associated with BRAIN DISEASES or MENTAL DISORDERS. Organic mutism may be associated with damage to the FRONTAL LOBE; BRAIN STEM; THALAMUS; and CEREBELLUM. Selective mutism is a psychological condition that usually affects children characterized by continuous refusal to speak in social situations by a child who is able and willing to speak to selected persons. Kussmal aphasia refers to mutism in psychosis. (From Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 1994; 62(9):337-44)

Descriptor UI: D009155

Alternative terms: Mutism; Mutisms; Selective Mutism; Mutism, Selective; Mutism, Voluntary; Mutisms, Voluntary; Voluntary Mutism; Voluntary Mutisms; Mutism, Elective; Elective Mutism; Elective Mutisms; Mutisms, Elective; Mutism, Organic; Mutisms, Organic; Organic Mutism; Organic Mutisms; Kussmaul Aphasia; Aphasia, Kussmaul; Kussmaul's Aphasia; Aphasia, Kussmaul's; Kussmauls Aphasia; Mutism, Conversion; Conversion Mutism; Conversion Mutisms; Mutisms, Conversion;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.606.150.500.800.500; C23.888.592.604.150.500.800.500; F03.550.700;

History Note: 1969(1963)