Prevalence and description of selective mutism in immigrant and native families: A controlled study

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1451-1459

  Elizur, Yoel ^a   Perednik, Ruth ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Jerusalem Municipality ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Immigration; Marital conflict; Selective mutism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; MARRIAGE; MUTISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MUTISM; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0642365000     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200312000-00012     Document Type: Article

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