selective mutism
Sign in to saveAlso known as elective mutism, SM
anxiety disorder causing inability to speak under certain circumstances
Key facts
- Specialty
- Psychiatry , laryngology
via Wikipedia infobox
Health references
- ICD-10
- F94.0 — Selective mutism
- MedlinePlus
- Consumer health page →
Clinical Trials
14 registered- NACOMPLETEDTreatment of Social Anxiety Disorder and Selective MutismThe Hospital for Sick Children · NCT02554929
- NACOMPLETEDWhat Treatment Works for Children With Selective Mutism?Regionsenter for barn og unges psykiske helse · NCT00554749
- NARECRUITINGVR Homework Exercises for Selective Mutism TreatmentLuuk Stapersma · NCT06882629
- NACOMPLETEDEvaluating an Online Adjunctive Support Following Intensive Services (OASIS) Strategy for Youth With Selective MutismFlorida International University · NCT04291638
- NACOMPLETEDEvaluating Intensive Group Behavioral Treatment for Children With Selective MutismFlorida International University · NCT03612102
- NACOMPLETEDIntegrated Behavioral Therapy for Treating Children With Selective MutismUniversity of California, Los Angeles · NCT00458198
~21 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Selective mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder in which a person who is otherwise capable of speech becomes overwhelmed and does not speak when exposed to specific situations, specific places, or to specific people, one or multiple of which serve as triggers. Selective mutism usually co-exists with social anxiety disorder. People with selective mutism stay silent even when the consequences of their silence include shame, social ostracism, or punishment. In some cases, the person wants to speak but they feel like they can not get the words out.
Signs and symptoms
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “selective mutism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.