Selective mutism: follow-up study 1 year after end of treatment

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 757-766

  Oerbeck, Beate ^a   Stein, Murray B ^b   Pripp, Are H ^a   Kristensen, Hanne ^c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behavioural intervention; Childhood anxiety; Follow up; Selective mutism; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION; SCHOOL SPEECH QUESTIONNAIRE; SELECTIVE MUTISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; AGE; MUTISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUTISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84943348983     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-014-0620-1     Document Type: Article

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