Selective mutism: An update and suggestions for future research

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 251-257

  Scott, Samantha ^a   Beidel, Deborah C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Behavioral inhibition; Children; Communication skills; Elective mutism; Emotion regulation; Etiology; Opposition; Parental psychopathology; Selective mutism; Social anxiety; Social phobia; Social skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; MUTISM; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SELECTIVE MUTISM; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MUTISM; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 80051670316     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-011-0201-7     Document Type: Article

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