Electively mute children: An analysis of 37 Danish cases

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 231-238

  Andersson, Charlotte Brix ^b   Thomsen, Per Hove ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Elective mutism; Sociodemographic aspects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; ENURESIS; FAMILY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUTISM; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0031685451     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039489850139157     Document Type: Article

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