Selective mutism

disease
Subclass of	speech disorder, anxiety disorder
Health specialty	psychiatry, psychology
NCI Thesaurus ID	C92569

Selective mutism (SM) be an anxiety disorder insyd wich a person wey otherwise be capable of speech cam be unable to speak wen dem expose to specific situations, specific places, anaa to specific people, one anaa multiple of wich serve as triggers. Selective mutism usually dey co-exist plus social anxiety disorder.^[1] People plus selective mutism dey stay silent even wen de consequences of dema silence dey include shame, social ostracism, anaa punishment.^[2] Insyd sam cases, de person dey wan talk buh dem dey feel like dem no fi get de words out.

References

↑ Viana, A. G.; Beidel, D. C.; Rabian, B. (2009). "Selective mutism: A review and integration of the last 15 years". Clinical Psychology Review. 29 (1): 57–67. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2008.09.009. PMID 18986742.
↑ Brown, Harriet (12 April 2005). "The Child Who Would Not Speak a Word". The New York Times.

Read further

McHolm, Angela E., Cunningham, Charles E., & Vanier, Melanie K. (2005). Helping Your Child with Selective Mutism. Oakland, Calif.: New Harbinger Publications. ISBN 9781572244160.

External links

[1] Viana, A. G.; Beidel, D. C.; Rabian, B. (2009). "Selective mutism: A review and integration of the last 15 years". Clinical Psychology Review. 29 (1): 57–67. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2008.09.009. PMID 18986742.

[2] Brown, Harriet (12 April 2005). "The Child Who Would Not Speak a Word". The New York Times.

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