Treating Youths With Selective Mutism With an Alternating Design of Exposure-Based Practice and Contingency Management

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 380-392

  Vecchio, Jennifer ^a   Kearney, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC SPEAKING; REWARD; SCHOOL CHILD; SELECTIVE MUTISM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTISM; PARENTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350543769     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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