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Elective mutism: Complete lack of speech (mutism) that is believed to be volitional (willed) on the part of the patient.
True elective mutism may be a reaction to a traumatic event, the aftermath of an injury to the mouth or throat, particularly if it is painful, or a symptom of extreme shyness.
In some cases, the lack of speech is eventually found not to be volitional, but a sign of damage or deformity of the speech apparatus, or a feature of infantile autism.
See also selective mutism.
Selective Mutism Group ~ Childhood Anxiety Network. Do you know a child who can talk freely at home but appears frozen in other settings like at school or out in public?
Selective mutism, its assessment and treatment, and its occurrences.
Selective Mutism Foundation, Inc. is the Voice of Experience. Since 1991, a non profit dedicated to a childhood anxiety disorder, Selective Mutism.
Comorbidities and treatment. Selective mutism can present a variety of comorbidities including enuresis, encopresis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, premorbid ...
Selective mutism (SM) is a severe childhood anxiety disorder[1][2] in which a person who is normally capable of speech is unable to speak in given situations, or to ...