Too anxious to speak? The implications of current research into Selective Mutism for educational psychology practice

References

• American Psychiatric Association (APA) . 1994 . Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , (revised 3rd ed.) , Washington, DC : APA .
   Google Scholar
• Anstendig , K. 1998 . Selective Mutism: A review of the treatment literature by modality from 1980–1996 . Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training , 35 (3) : 381 – 391 .
   Google Scholar
• Baldwin , S. and Cline , T. 1991 . Helping children who are selectively mute . Educational and Child Psychology , 8 (3) : 72 – 83 .
   Google Scholar
• Bergman , L.R. , Piacentini , J. and McCracken , J.T. 2002 . Prevalence and description of Selective Mutism in a school‐based sample . Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 41 (8) : 938 – 946 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Black , B. and Uhde , T.W. 1995 . Psychiatric characteristics of children with Selective Mutism: A pilot study . Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 34 (7) : 847 – 856 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chavira , D.A. , Shipon‐Blum , E. , Hitchcock , C. , Cohan , S. and Stein , M.B. 2007 . Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 46 (11) : 1464 – 1473 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Cline , T. and Baldwin , S. 1994 . Selective Mutism in children , London : Whurr Publishers Ltd. .
   Google Scholar
• Cohan , S.L. , Chavira , D.A. and Stein , M.B. 2006a . Practitioner review: Psychosocial interventions for children with Selective Mutism: A critical evaluation of the literature from 1990–2005 . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry , 47 (11) : 1085 – 1097 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Cohan , S.L. , Price , J.M. and Stein , M.B. 2006b . Suffering in silence: Why a developmental psychopathology perspective on Selective Mutism is needed . Journal of Developmental Pediatrics , 27 (4) : 341 – 355 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Cunningham , C.E. , McHolm , A. , Boyle , M.H. and Patel , S. 2004 . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry , 45 (8) : 1363 – 1372 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Dow , S.P. , Sonies , B.C. , Scheib , D. , Moss , S.E. and Leonard , H.L. 1995 . Practical guidelines for the assessment and treatment of Selective Mutism . Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 34 (7) : 836 – 846 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dummit , E.S. III , Klein , R.G. , Tancer , N.K. , Asche , B. , Martin , J. and Fairbanks , J.A. 1997 . Systematic assessment of 50 children with Selective Mutism . Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 36 (5) : 653 – 660 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Elizur , Y. and Perednik , R. 2003 . Prevalence and description of Selective Mutism in immigrant and native families: A controlled study . Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 42 (12) : 1451 – 1459 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Imich , A. 1998 . Selective Mutism: The implications of current research for the practice of educational psychologists . Educational Psychology in Practice , 14 (1) : 52 – 59 .
   Google Scholar
• Ishiwawa , S. , Okajima , I. , Matsuoka , H. and Sakano , Y. 2007 . Cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: A meta‐analysis . Child and Adolescent Mental Health , 12 (4) : 164 – 172 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Kopp , S. and Gillberg , C. 1997 . Selective Mutism: A population‐based study: A research note . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry , 38 (2) : 257 – 262 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kristensen , H. 2000 . Selective Mutism and comobidity with developmental disorder/delay, anxiety disorder, and elimination disorder . Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 39 (2) : 249 – 256 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Kristensen , H. 2004 . Non‐specific markers of neurodevelopmental disorder/delay in Selective Mutism . European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 11 (2) : 71 – 78 .
   Google Scholar
• Kristensen , H. and Torgersen , S. 2001 . MCMI‐II personality traits and symptom traits in parents of children with Selective Mutism: A case‐control study . Journal of Abnormal Psychology , 110 (4) : 648 – 652 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Kumpulainen , K. 2002 . Phenomenology and treatment of Selective Mutism . CNS Drugs , 16 (3) : 175 – 180 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Kumpulainen , K. , Rasanen , R. , Raaska , H. and Samppi , V. 1998 . Selective Mutism among second‐graders in elementary school . European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 7 : 24 – 29 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Manassis , K. , Tannock , R. , Garland , J.E. , Minde , K. , Mc Innes , A. and Clark , S. 2007 . The sounds of silence: Language, cognition, and anxiety in Selective Mutism . Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 46 (9) : 1187 – 1195 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Omdal , H. and Galloway , D. 2007 . Could Selective Mutism be re‐conceptualised as a specific phobia of expressive speech? An exploratory post‐hoc study . Child and Adolescent Mental Health , [Online]
   Google Scholar
• Standart , S. and Le Couteur , A. 2003 . The quiet child: A literature review of Selective Mutism . Child and Adolescent Mental Health , 8 (4) : 154 – 160 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Steinhausen , H.‐C. and Adamek , R. 1997 . The family history of children with elective mutism: A research report . European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 6 : 107 – 111 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Steinhausen , H.‐C. and Juzi , C. 1996 . Elective mutism: An analysis of 100 cases . Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 35 : 606 – 614 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yeganeh , R. , Beidel , D.C. , Turner , S. M. , Pina , A.A. and Silverman , W.K. 2003 . Clinical distinctions between Selective Mutism and social phobia: An investigation of childhood psychopathology . Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 42 (9) : 1069 – 1075 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar