Selective mutism is included under anxiety disorders according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Many studies have demonstrated the relationship between severe social anxiety and the extreme reluctance or inability to speak in people ...
The present study aims to address these gaps within the literature by presenting the subjective experiences of adult sufferers and to enable these excluded voices to broaden our understandings of this difficulty. Four adults with SM were interviewed using synchronous online techniques, data were ...
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Isolation in childhood led to reduced “excitability” of the prefrontal neurons (which are involved with higher cognitive functions like problem-solving and planning), projecting to the paraventricular thalamus (which serves as an intersection for brain reward circuits). ...
Elective mutismlearning disabilitiesselective mutismThe literature review looks at the range of studies on people with selective mutism, with special emphasis on the field of learning disabilities. It finds three particular references ( Labbe & Williamson 1984 ; Paniagua & Saeed 1988 ; Cline & ...
There was evidence from three respondents that onset of selective mutism was associated with events they had found traumatic. (2) Maintenance of selective mutism: all interviewees reported being strong willed, with a conscious determination not to speak. Selective mutism became a clearly understood ...
Neurological, neurodevelopmental, or neuropsychiatric comorbidities were frequent: 254/651 (39%) were diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; 150 (23%) with an anxiety disorder or the equivalent (panic disorder and selective mutism); 104 (16%) had conduct problems; 89 (13.7%) had...
Variability in overall communication is observed among the literature, with some authors reporting moderate to severe communication problems, leading even to mutism [54,55], while others report good communication [35,38]. Despite persistent language disorder in some patients, some authors refer to fun...