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Selective mutism

In psychiatry, selective mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder in which a person who is otherwise capable of speech becomes emotionally overwhelmed and does not speak when exposed to specific situations, specific places, or to specific people, one or multiple of which serve as triggers. This kind of mutism usually co-exists with social anxiety disorder.…

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Psychiatry, laryngology

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Selective mutism

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Selective mutism

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has cause · 17
Selective mutism → Behavioral, Children, Corresponding, In, Key, Many, Most, Parents, Retrospective Infant Behavioral Inhibition, RIBI, Selective, SM, Teachers, The, Their, They, This
has treatment · 16
Selective mutism → Alternatively, But, Consequently, Contrary, Due, Effective, However, If, Medication, Most, Others, Regardless, Some, Treatment, Use, Without
related to In popular culture · 12
Selective mutism → Does, Doesn't, Effy, Effy Stonem, For, In, It, Michelle, She, Skins, UK, Why
related to Signs and symptoms · 7
Selective mutism → Children, Consideration, In, The, The DSM-5, There, This
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Selective mutism → In, Shyness
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Selective mutism → Psychiatry, laryngology
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Selective mutism → stress reaction to situations erroneously experienced via cognition without awareness as unsafe

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Selective mutismSpecialtyPsychiatry, laryngology1.00infobox
Selective mutismis astress reaction to situations erroneously experienced via cognition without awareness as unsafe0.90text
Damian Miltoninstance ofand has been used by some activists and autism researchers0.80text
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systemic desensitizationinstance ofTactics0.80text
modelinginstance ofTactics0.80text
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and positive reinforcement enable individuals to develop social engagement skillsinstance ofTactics0.80text
begin to progress communicatively in a step-by-step mannerinstance ofTactics0.80text
Selective mutismhas causeSelective0.60section
Selective mutismhas causeSM0.60section
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