selective mutism

mutism /mu·tism/ (mu´tizm) inability or refusal to speak.

akinetic mutism a state in which the person can make no spontaneous movement or vocal sound; it often may be caused by a lesion in the third ventricle or be psychogenic. Called also abulia.

selective mutism a mental disorder of childhood characterized by continuous refusal to speak in social situations by a child who is able and willing to speak to selected persons.

selective mutism,

a mental disorder of childhood characterized by continuous refusal to speak in social situations by an individual who is able and willing to speak to selected persons.

mutism [mu´tizm]

inability or refusal to speak, most often because deafness has prevented the person from hearing the spoken word. speech is learned by imitating the speech of others. The child who is born with normal hearing and then loses it may lose part or all of the power of speech through loss of contact with the speech of others. Mutism may also occur because the voice organs themselves have been damaged or removed, such as when a laryngectomy is performed for throat cancer. In other cases loss of speech may be psychogenic in nature. Called also aphonia.

akinetic mutism a state in which the person makes no spontaneous movement or vocal sound, because of either neurologic or psychologic reasons. Called also abulia.

selective mutism a mental disorder of childhood characterized by continuous refusal to speak in social situations when the child is able and willing to speak to selected persons.

Patient discussion about selective mutism.

Q. clonex symptoms in Selective Mutism Syndrome children My son is 6.5 years old, with selective mutism syndrome - in a months time he shall be entering first grade. We have, the past 2 years been with therapists specializing in this field. He has improved outside a closed system i.e. within the kindergarten (primarily) we even see some regression. We have been at major dilemmas with giving him medication but due to the critical time - we were recommended to take 0.125 mg of Clonex medication. we are a little worried and would like to understand the possible symptoms

A. As a benzodiazepin, it can cause drowsiness, weakness and other changes in behavior. There may be some other side-effects, that you can read about here (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a682279.html)

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Topics addressed include linguistic influence on the developmental neural basis of "theory of mind," the deferential effects of context and isolated word training on reading fluency, the electrophysiological correlates of developmental dyslexia, content and language integrated learning, selective mutism, and the early communicative channel in childhood.

Children and language; development, impairment and training by Reference & Research Book News

Edward, who has selective mutism, started to whisper in their ears and has since made huge improvements.

Talking its hind legs off by The Mirror (London, England)

Byline: ANI London, Sept 8 (ANI): Donkeys have helped a five-year-old boy suffering from selective mutism - a severe childhood anxiety disorder in which a person who is normally capable of speech is unable to speak in given situations -to "find his voice".

Donkeys help five-year-old to "find his voice" by Asian News International