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Selective Mutism: Understanding and Management

Selective Mutism: Understanding and Management

Charu Kriti
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781522549550|ISBN10: 1522549552|EISBN13: 9781522549567
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4955-0.ch019
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Kriti, Charu. "Selective Mutism: Understanding and Management." Handbook of Research on Psychosocial Perspectives of Human Communication Disorders, edited by Sanjeev Kumar Gupta and Srinivasan Venkatesan, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 363-380. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4955-0.ch019

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Kriti, C. (2018). Selective Mutism: Understanding and Management. In S. Gupta & S. Venkatesan (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Psychosocial Perspectives of Human Communication Disorders (pp. 363-380). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4955-0.ch019

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Kriti, Charu. "Selective Mutism: Understanding and Management." In Handbook of Research on Psychosocial Perspectives of Human Communication Disorders, edited by Sanjeev Kumar Gupta and Srinivasan Venkatesan, 363-380. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4955-0.ch019

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Abstract

Selective mutism is a disorder that is characterized by a failure to speak in certain social settings, like the school, while speaking normally in other settings, like home. The settings in which the failure to speak occur are those where speech is expected from the individual. It is a disorder that onsets in childhood, and if left untreated, may go well into adolescence. For a very long time, this disorder has been overlooked and understudied. Though rare, the disorder may pose a potential threat to the social and academic development of a child suffering from it. The DSM-5 has classified selective mutism as an anxiety disorder. The present chapter intends to cover the psychosocial approach to the disorder, the diagnostic criteria, the etiology, the treatment of the disorder, and the management by respective caregivers. An analysis of case studies has also been given in the chapter.

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