Unable to Speak: Selective Mutism in Youth
| Autor: | Erin Ellington, Heather L Smith-Schrandt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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050103 clinical psychology medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Mutism media_common.quotation_subject Selective mutism Psychiatric Nursing Child Behavior Disorders Diagnosis Differential Presentation medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychiatry Child General Nursing media_common 05 social sciences medicine.disease Mental health Anxiety Disorders Childhood anxiety disorder Female Pshychiatric Mental Health Psychology Psychosocial 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services. 56(2) |
| ISSN: | 0279-3695 |
| Popis: | It is important for psychiatric nurses to be familiar with the clinical presentation and recommended treatment for selective mutism (SM), as it is a childhood anxiety disorder that is not commonly studied. This article provides a brief overview of its diagnostic criteria, prevalence, assessment, and history. Special attention is given to misconceptions regarding the disorder and differentiation of trauma and oppositional disorders. Two vignettes illustrate varied presentations of SM, with and without comorbid social phobia. Empirically supported behavioral and psychopharmacological treatment is outlined, and considerations for nursing are provided. [ Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 56 (2), 14–18.] |
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