Selective mutism: A review of the concept and treatment

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1135-1137

  Berger, Itai ^a   Jaworowski, Solomon ^a   Gross Tsur, Varda ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fluoxetine; Language; Selective mutism; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PHENELZINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUTISM; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SELECTIVE MUTISM; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPEECH THERAPY; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANXIETY; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS; MUTISM; PHENELZINE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0036919895     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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