Anxiety disorder causing the inability to speak under certain circumstances
Medical condition
Selective mutism
Specialty
Psychiatry
Selective mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder in which a person who is otherwise capable of speech becomes unable to speak when exposed to specific situations, specific places, or to specific people, one or multiple of which serving as triggers. This is caused by the freeze response. Selective mutism usually co-exists with social anxiety disorder.[1] People with selective mutism stay silent even when the consequences of their silence include shame, social ostracism, or punishment.[2]
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^Brown, Harriet (12 April 2005). "The Child Who Would Not Speak a Word". The New York Times.
child with selectivemutism alone. Some autistic people may be selectively mute due to anxiety in unfamiliar social situations. If mutism is entirely...
of the DSM reflected the name change to selectivemutism and redefined the disorder. Though elective mutism is no longer recognized by most psychiatrists...
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hunger, or thirst. Akinetic mutism has been associated with structural damage in a variety of brain areas. Akinetic mutism and catatonia may both manifest...
disorder (OCD), and selectivemutism. In one of her first speeches demanding climate action, Thunberg described her selectivemutism as meaning she "only...
syndrome, sexual abuse, fetal alcohol syndrome, and elective mutism (now called selectivemutism), her specialty. Hayden attended high school in Billings...
1959) is an English-born Israeli psychologist, pioneer in the field of selectivemutism. Ruth Perednik was born in London. She graduated from University College...
other situations. Selectivemutism is normally discovered when the child first starts school. Children may present with selectivemutism due to many factors...
American Psychiatric Association. Cho had previously been diagnosed with selectivemutism and severe depression. During much of his middle school and high school...
with Asperger syndrome will approach others. Some may even display selectivemutism, not speaking at all to most people and excessively to specific others...
with Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder. Dabboo suffers from SelectiveMutism. He has not spoken for years and appears frightened all the time. He...
caused by hearing problems, congenital deformities, motor disorders or selectivemutism. The DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for speech sound disorder require a...
with ASD, to the extent that it was formerly a diagnostic indicator. Selectivity is the most common problem, although eating rituals and food refusal...
disorder Movement disorders Stereotypic Social functioning DAD RAD Selectivemutism Speech Cluttering Stuttering Tic disorder Tourette syndrome Intellectual...
ADHD; Ratcliffe was diagnosed after arrest as autistic and as having selectivemutism, resulting in him not being able to speak to anyone except his mother...
astrophysicist originally from New Delhi, India. Initially, Raj had selectivemutism, rendering him unable to talk to or be around women unless under the...
Samarium, symbol Sm, a chemical element Magellanic spiral, a galaxy class Selectivemutism, an anxiety disorder Sacrifice Medal, Canada Sena Medal, India Service...
disorder Movement disorders Stereotypic Social functioning DAD RAD Selectivemutism Speech Cluttering Stuttering Tic disorder Tourette syndrome Intellectual...
disorder Movement disorders Stereotypic Social functioning DAD RAD Selectivemutism Speech Cluttering Stuttering Tic disorder Tourette syndrome Intellectual...
to be a storm chaser. As a young child, England was diagnosed with selectivemutism, a form of an anxiety disorder. England joined the United States Army...
disorder Movement disorders Stereotypic Social functioning DAD RAD Selectivemutism Speech Cluttering Stuttering Tic disorder Tourette syndrome Intellectual...
medications most commonly used to treat anxiety disorders are mainly selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Benzodiazepines, monoamine oxidase inhibitor...
In a 2010 meta-analysis, the benefit of pharmacotherapy was limited to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) rather than tricyclic antidepressants...
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