A randomized controlled trial of a home and school-based intervention for selective mutism - defocused communication and behavioural techniques

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 192-198

  Oerbeck, Beate ^a   Stein, Murray B ^b   Wentzel Larsen, Tore ^a,c   Langsrud, Øyvind ^d   Kristensen, Hanne ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

^d Norwegian Statistics   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behavioural intervention; Childhood anxiety; Randomized controlled trial; Selective mutism; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL SPEECH QUESTIONNAIRE; SELECTIVE MUTISM; SELECTIVE MUTISM QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84905737113     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/camh.12045     Document Type: Article

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