SMIRA

Selective Mutism Information & Research Association

Info: Selective Mutism Bibliography

SELECTIVE MUTISM INFORMATION & RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
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Books and Articles on Selective Mutism

N.B. Although this list is extensive, it is not exhaustive. Researchers should conduct their own document searches, especially for more recent publications.

  • Adams, M. S. (1970) ‘A Case of Elective Mutism.’ Journal of the National Medical Association 62, 3, 213-215.
  • Alladin, Assen (2016) ‘Integrative CBT for Anxiety Disorders: An Evidence-Based Approach to Enhancing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Mindfulness and Hypnotherapy’ John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Published online: 9th October 2015) DOI: 10.1002/9781118509869.ch9 – Selective Mutism.
  • American Psychiatric Association (1994) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition). Washington, DC: Author.
  • Amir, Dorit (2005) ‘Re-finding the Voice: Music Therapy with a girl who has Selective Mutism.’ Nordic Journal of Music Therapy 14, 1, 67-77.
  • Anstendig, Karin (1998) ‘Selective Mutism: A Review of the Treatment Literature by Modality from 1980-1996.’ Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training 35, 3, 381-391.
  • Anstendig, Karin (1999) ‘Is Selective Mutism an Anxiety Disorder? Rethinking its DSM-IV Classification.’ Journal of Anxiety Disorders 13, 4, 417-434.
  • Anyfantakis, D., Botzakis, E., Mplevrakis, E. Symvoulakis, E. K. and Arbiros, I. (2009) ‘Selective Mutism due to a dog bite trauma in a 4-year-old girl: a case report.’ Journal of Medical Case Reports 3, 100.
  • Arie, Miri, Henkin, Yael, Lamy, Dominique, Tetin-Schneider, S., Apter, Alan, Sadeh, Avi and Bar-Haim, Yair (2007) ‘Reduced Auditory Processing Capacity during Vocalization in Children with Selective Mutism.’ Biological Psychiatry 61, 419-421.
  • Ayllon, T and Kelly, K. (1974) ‘Reinstating verbal behaviour in a functionally mute retardate.’ Professional Psychology, Nov, 385-393.
  • Bar-Haim, Yair, Henkin, Yael, Ari-Even-Roth, Daphne, Tetin-Schneider, S., Hildesheimer, M. and Muchnik, Chava (2004) ‘Reduced Auditory Efferent Activity in Childhood Selective Mutism.’ Biological Psychiatry 55, 1061-1068.
  • Barlow, Karen, Strother, JoAnna and Landreth, Garry (1986) ‘Sibling Group Play Therapy: An Effective Alternative with an Elective Mute Child.’ in S. A.
  • Spasaro, and C. E. Schaefer (eds) (1999) Refusal to Speak: Treatment of Selective Mutism in Children. Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson Inc.
  • Beare, Paul, Torgerson, Colleen and Creviston, Cindy (2008) ‘Increasing verbal behaviour of a student who is Selectively Mute.’ Journal of Emotional and Behavioural Disorders 16, 4, 248-255.
  • Bednar, B. A. (1974) ‘A Behavioral Approach to Treating an Elective Mute in the School.’ Journal of School Psychology 12, 4, 326-337.
  • Bell, Dorothy M., and Espie, Colin A. (2003) ‘Overcoming mutism in adults with learning disabilities: A case study.’ British Journal of Learning Disabilities 31, 46-53.
  • Berger, C. R. (2004) ‘Speechlessness: Causal Attributions, Emotional Features and Social Consequences.’ Journal of Language and Social Psychology 23, 2, 147-179.
  • Bergman, R. Lindsey (2013) ‘Programs that work. Treatment for Children with Selective Mutism. An Integrative Behavioural Approach. Therapists Guide’. New York. OUP.
  • Bergman, R. L. and Hunt, L. (2008) ‘Selective Mutism.’ Paradigm Winter
  • Bergman, R. L., 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.
  • Bergman, R. L., Keller, M. L., Piacentini, J, and Bergman, A. J. (2008) ‘The Development and Psychometric Properties of the Selective Mutism Questionnaire.’ Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 37, 2, 456-464.
  • Black, Bruce and Uhde, Thomas W. (1992) ‘Elective Mutism as a Variant of Social Phobia.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 31, 6, 1090-1094.
  • Black, Bruce and Uhde, Thomas W. (1994) ‘Treatment of Elective Mutism with Fluoxetine: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 33, 7, 1000-1006.
  • Black, Bruce and Uhde, Thomas 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.
  • Black, Bruce (& Motavalli, N.) (1995) ‘Fluoxetine for Elective Mutism.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 34, 6, 701-703.
  • Blum, Nathan J., Kell, Randi S., Starr, Lynn, Lloyds Lender, W., Bradley-Klug, K. L., Osborne, Mary L. and Dowrick, Peter W. (1998) ‘Case Study: Audio Feedforward Treatment of Selective Mutism.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 37, 1, 40-43.
  • Bonovitz, Christopher (2003) ‘Treating children who do not play or talk: Finding a pathway to intersubjective relatedness.’ Psychoanalytic Psychology 20, 2, 315-328.
  • Boon, F. (1994) ‘The selective mutism controversy continued.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 33, 2, 283.
  • Bozigar, James A. and Hansen, Ruth Aguilar (1984) ‘Group Treatment for Elective Mute Children.’ in S. A. Spasaro, and C. E. Schaefer (eds) (1999) Refusal to Speak: Treatment of Selective Mutism in Children. Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson Inc.
  • Brix Andersson, C. and Hove Thomsen, Per (1998) ‘Electively Mute Children: An Analysis of 37 Danish Cases.’ Nordic Journal of Psychiatry 52, 231-238.
  • Campbell, M..and Cueva, J. E. (1995) ‘Psychopharmacology in child and adolescent psychiatry: a review of the past seven years. Part II.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 34, 10, 1262-1272.
  • Carbone, Diana, Schmidt, Louis A., Cunningham, C. A., McHolm, Angela E., Edison, Shannon, St. Pierre, Jeff and Boyle, Michael H. (2010) ‘Behavioural and Socio-emotional functioning in children with Selective Mutism: A comparison with anxious and typically developing children across multiple informants.’ Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 38, 1057-1067.
  • Carlson, John S., Mitchell, Angela D. and Segool, Natasha (2008) ‘The Current State of Empirical Support for the Pharmacological Treatment of Selective Mutism.’ School Psychology Quarterly 23, 3, 354-372.
  • Carr, Alan and Afnan, Shahin (1989) ‘Concurrent family and individual therapy in a case of elective mutism.’ Journal of Family Therapy 11, 29-44.
  • Chavira, Denise A., Shipon-Blum, Elisa, Hitchcock, Carla, Cohan, Sharon and Stein, Murray B. (2007) ‘Selective Mutism and Social Anxiety Disorder: All in the Family?’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 46, 11, 1464-1472.
  • Clayton, W. T. (1981) ‘The use of positive reinforcement and stimulus fading in the treatment of an elective mute.’ International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 36, S1, 126-131.
  • Cleator, Hilary and Hand, Linda (2001) ‘Selective Mutism: How a successful Speech and Language Assessment really is possible.’ International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 36 (S1), 126-131.
  • Cleave, Hayley (2009) ‘Too anxious to speak? The implications of current research into Selective Mutism for educational psychology practice.’ Educational Psychology in Practice 25 (3), 233-246.
  • Cline, Tony and Baldwin, Sylvia (2004) Selective Mutism in Children. Second Edition. London and Philadelphia: Whurr.
  • Cohan, Sharon L., Chavira, Denise A., Shipon-Blum, Elisa, Hitchcock, Carla, Roesch, Scott C. and Stein, Murray B. (2008) ‘Redefining the Classification of Children with Selective Mutism: A Latent Profile Analysis.’ Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 37, 4, 770-784.
  • Cohan, Sharon L., Chavira, Denise A. and Stein, Murray B. (2006) ‘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.
  • Cohan, Sharon L., Price, Joseph M. and Stein, Murray B. (2006) ‘Suffering in Silence: Why a Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on Selective Mutism is Needed.’ Journal of Developmental and Behavioural Pediatrics 27, 4, 341-355.
  • Colligan, Ross W., Colligan, Robert C. and Dilliard, Maxine K. (1977) ‘Contingency Management in the Classroom Treatment of Long-term Elective Mutism: A Case Report.’ Journal of School Psychology 15, 1, 9-17.
  • Conrad, R. D., Delk, J. L. and Williams, C. (1974) ‘Use of Stimulus Fading Procedures in the Treatment of Situation Specific Selective Mutism.’ Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 5, 99-100.
  • Crogan, Leo M. and Craven, Robin (1982) ‘Elective Mutism: Learning from the Analysis of a Successful Case History.’ Journal of Pediatric Psychology 7, 1, 85-93.
  • Crumley, R. E. (1993) ‘Is elective mutism a social phobia?’ Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 32, 5, 1081.
  • Cunningham, C. E., Mc Holm, A. E., Boyle, M. H. and Patel, S. (2004) ‘Behavioural and Emotional Adjustment, Family Functioning, Academic Performance and Social Relationships in Children with Selective Mutism.’ Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 458, 1363-1372.
  • Cunningham, C. E., Mc Holm, A. E. and Boyle, M. H. (2006) ‘Social Phobia, Anxiety, Oppositional Behaviour, Social Skills and Self-concept in children with specific SM, generalized Selective Mutism and Community Controls.’ European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 15, 245-255.
  • Dallos, Rudi (2007) ‘Special Section: Don’t look back in anger: Learning from my mistakes with Mark and his Family.’ Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 12, 3, 361-368.
  • Dillon, Jane and Maloney, Alison (2013) ‘Jessi-cat: the cat that unlocked a boy’s heart’ London. Michael O’Mara Books.
  • Dow, Sara P., Sonies, Barbara C., Scheib, Donna, Moss, Sharon E. and Leonard, Henrietta L. (1995) ‘Practical Guidelines for the Assessment and Treatment of Selective Mutism.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 24, 7, 836-846.
  • Dummit, E. Steven, Klein, Rachel G., Tancer, Nancy K., Asche, Barbara and Martin, Jacqueline (1996) ‘Fluoxetine Treatment of Children with Selective Mutism: An Open Trial.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 35, 5, 615-621.
  • Dummit, E. Steven, Klein, Rachel G., Tancer, Nancy K., Asche, Barbara, Martin, Jacqueline and Fairbanks, Janet A. (1997) ‘Systematic Assessment of 50 children with Selective Mutism.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 36, 5: 653-660.
  • Edison, Shannon C., Evans, Mary A., McHolm, Angela E., Cunningham, C. E., Nowakowski, M. E., Boyle, Michael and Schmidt. Louis A. (2010) ‘An investigation of control amongst parents of Selectively Mute, Anxious and Non-anxious Children.’ Child Psychiatry and Human Development 14,12 online.
  • Eldar, Sophie, Bleich, Avi, Apter, Alan and Tyano, San (1985) ‘Elective mutism – an atypical antecedent of schizophrenia.’ Journal of Adolescence 8, 289-292.
  • Elizalde-Utnick, G. (2007) ‘Young selectively mute English language learners: school based intervention strategies.’ Journal of Early Childhood and Infant Psychology 3, 141-162.
  • Elizur, Yeol and Perednick, Ruth (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.
  • Eriega E.G., Williams, Abioun A., Isukwem G. C., Ojo T. T. (2015) ‘Personality and Family Types on Selective Mutism among Adolescents.’ Academic Research International 6 (1), 178-183
  • Esposito, Maria, Precenzano, Francesco, Ruberto, Maria, Carotenuto, Marco (2015) ‘Efficacy and Safety of Psychomotor Approach in Children Affected by Selective Mutism: A Multicenter Study in Italian Pediatric Population. ’International Journal of Psychology and Behavior Analysis. 1 (2): 107. Available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-3867/2015/107
  • Facon, Bruno, Sahiri, Safia and Riviere, Vinca (2008) ‘A Controlled Singlecase Treatment of Severe Long-term Selective Mutism in a Child with Mental Retardation.’ Behaviour Therapy 39, 313-321.
  • Fisak, Brian J., Oliveros, Arazais and Ehrenreich, Jill T. (2006) ‘Assessment and Behavioural Treatment of Selective Mutism.’ Clinical Case Studies 5, 5, 382-402.
  • Ford, Mary A., Sladeczek, Ingrid E., Carlson, John and Kratochwill, Thomas R. (1998) ‘Selective Mutism: Phenomenological Characteristics.’ School Psychology Quarterly 13, 3, 192-227.
  • Fung, D, Manassis, K., Kenny, A., and Fiksenbaum, L. (2002) ‘Web-based CBT for Selective Mutism.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 41, 2, 112-113.
  • Gillberg. C. (1996) ‘The long-term outcome of childhood empathy disorders.’ European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 5, 52-56.
  • Goldwyn, Daniel H. and Weinstock, Ronda C. (1990) ‘Phenelzine Treatment of Elective Mutism: A Case Report.’ in S. A. Spasaro, and C. E. Schaefer (eds) (1999) Refusal to Speak: Treatment of Selective Mutism in Children. Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson Inc.
  • Goodman, Karen D. (1989) ‘Music Therapy Assessment of Emotionally Disturbed Children.’ The Arts in Psychotherapy 16, 179-192.
  • Gordon, Neil (2001) ‘Mutism: Elective, Selective or Acquired.’ Brain and Development. Official Journal of Japanese Society of Child Neurology 23, 83-87.
  • Gray, R. M., Jordan, C. M., Ziegler, R. S., and Livingston, R.B. (2002) ‘Two sets of twins with SM: Neuropsychological Findings.’ Child Neuropsychology 8, 1, 41-51.
  • Green, Bernard A. (1972) ‘The Little Boy.’ Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 9, 4, 348.
  • Grosso, Salvatore, Cioni, Maddalene, Pucci, Lucia, Morgese, Guido and Balestria, Paulo (1999) ‘Selective Mutism, speech delays, dysmorphisms, and deletion of the short arm of chromosome 18: a distinct entity?’ Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 67, 6, 830-831.
  • Hagerman, R. J., Hills, J., Scharfenaker, S. and Lewis, H. (1999) ‘Fragile X Syndrome and Selective Mutism.’ American Journal of Medical Genetics 83, 313-317.
  • Hall, Alyson (2008) ‘Ready to Talk.’ The Times Educational Supplement Magazine 3rd October.
  • Halpern, Harvey (1969) ‘A Case Report of Elective Mutism.’ Journal of Communication Disorders 2, 69-71.
  • Hayden, Torey L. (1980) ‘Classification of Elective Mutism.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 19, 118-133.
  • Henkin, Yael, Feinholz, Maya, Arie, Miri, Bar-Haim, Yair (2010) ‘P50 Suppression in Children with Selective Mutism: A Preliminary Report.’ Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 38, 43-48.
  • Hesse, Perez P. (1981) ‘Colour, Form and Silence: A formal analysis of drawings of a child who did not speak.’ The Arts in Psychotherapy 8, 175-184.
  • Hill, Linda and Scull, John (1985) ‘Elective Mutism associated with Selective Inactivity.’ Journal of Communication Disorders 18, 161-167.
  • Hirai, Katsuaki, Kimiya, Satoshi, Tabata, Koji, Seki, Tohru, Jozaki, Keiji, Kumagai, Noboru (2002) ‘Selective Mutism and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders associated with zonisamide.’ Seizure 11, 468-470.
  • Hollifield, Michael, Geppert, Cynthia, Johnson, Yuam and Fryer, Carol (2003) ‘A Vietnamese man with Selective Mutism: The relevance of multiple interacting ‘cultures’ in clinical psychiatry.’ Transcultural Psychiatry 40, 3, 329-341.
  • Holmbeck, G. L. and Lavigne, John. V. (1992) ‘Combining Self-modelling and Stimulus Fading in the Treatment of an Electively Mute Child.’ Psychotherapy 29, 4, 661-667.
  • Imich, Andre (1998) ‘Selective Mutism: The implications of current research for the practice of educational psychologists.’ Educational Psychology in Practice 14. 1, 52-59.
  • Jackson, M. F., Allen, R. S., Boothe, A. B., Nava, M. L. and Coates, A. (2005) ‘Innovative Analyses and Interventions in the Treatment of Selective Mutism.’ Clinical Case Studies 4, 1, 81-112.
  • Jacobsen, Teresa (1995) ‘Case Study: Is Selective Mutism a Manifestation of Dissociative Identity Disorder?’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 24, 7, 863-866.
  • Johnson, Maggie and Wintgens, Alison (2001) The Selective Mutism Resource Manual. Bicester, Oxfordshire: Speechmark.
  • Jainer, Ashok Kumar, Quasim, Mohammed and Davis, M. (2002) ‘Elective Mutism: A Case Study.’ International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice 6, 49-51.
  • Jelley, Di (2000) ‘A patient who changed my practice: the internet and a “small miracle”.’ British Medical Journal 321, 165.
  • Johnson, Maggie and Jones, Michael (2011) ‘Silent Types.’ Nursery World 12-15 July, 24-25.
  • Johnson, Maggie and Jones, Michael (2012) ‘Supporting Quiet Children: Exciting Ideas and Activities to help ‘Reluctant Talkers’ become ‘Confident Talkers’. Birmingham. Lawrence Educational Publications.
  • Johnson, Maggie and Wintgens, Alison (2001) ‘The Selective Mutism Resource Manual.’ Bicester, Oxfordshire: Speechmark.
  • Johnson, Maggie and Wintgens, Alison (2012) ‘Can I tell you about Selective Mutism? A guide for friends, family and professionals.’ London. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  • Johnson, Maggie and Wintgens, Alison (2012) ‘The case to treat early.’ Young Minds 116, 28.
  • Johnson, Maggie and Wintgens, Alison (2016) ‘The Selective Mutism Resource Manual (Second Edition).’ London: Speechmark.
  • Jones, Katherine (2012) ‘How intense is this silence? Developing a Theoretical Framework for the Use of Psychodynamic Music Therapy in the Treatment of Selective Mutism in Children with English as an Additional Language: A Heuristic Case Study.’ British Journal of Music Therapy 26. 2. 15-28.
  • Joseph, Paul. R (1999) ‘Selective Mutism – The Child who doesn’t speak at School.’ Pediatrics. Experience and Reason 104, 308-310.
  • Karakaya, I., Siomanlar, S. G., Oc, O.Y., Memik, N. C., Jcoskun, A., Agaoglu, B., Yavuz, C. L. (2008) ‘Selective Mutism: A School-based cross-sectional study from Turkey.’ European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 17, 114-117.
  • Kearney, Christopher A. (2010) ‘Helping children with Selective Mutism and their parents: A guide for school-based professionals’ New York. OUP.
  • Kearney, C. A. and Vecchio, J. L. (2007) ‘When a child won’t speak.’ The Journal of Family Practice 56, 11, 917-921.
  • Kee, Carolyn H. Y., Fung, Daniel S. S. and Ley-Keow, Ang (2001) ‘An Electronic Communication Device for Selective Mutism’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 40, 4, 389
  • Keen, D. V., Fonseca, S. and Wintgens, A. (2008) ‘Selective Mutism: A consensus based care pathway of good practice.’ Archive of Diseases in Childhood 93, 838-844.
  • Kehle, Thomas J., Madaus, Melissa R., Baratta, Victoria S. (1998) ‘Augmented Self-modeling as a treatment for children with Selective Mutism.’ Journal of School Psychology 6, 3, 247-260.
  • Klein, Evelyn R., Armstrong, Sharon Lee, Shipon-Blum, Elisa (2012) ‘Assessing Spoken Language Competence in Children with Selective Mutism: Using Parents as Test Presenters.’ Communication Disorders Quarterly 20, 10, 1-12
  • Klin, Ami and Volkmar, Fred R. (1993) ‘Elective Mutism and Mental Retardation.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 32, 4, 860-864.
  • Kolvin, I. and Fundudis, T. (1981) ‘Elective Mute Children: Psychological Development and Background Factors.’ Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 22, 3, 219-232.
  • Kopp, Svenny and Gillberg, C. (1997) ‘Selective Mutism: A Population-based Study: A Research Note.’ Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 382, 257-262.
  • Kotrba, Aimee (2015) ‘Selective Mutism. An assessment and Intervention Guide for Therapists, Educators and Parents.’ Eau Claire, Wisconsin: PESI Publishing and Media.
  • Kratochwill, Thomas (1981) Selective Mutism: Implications for Research and Treatment. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Kristensen. H. (1997) ‘Elective Mutism – associated with developmental disorder/delay. Two case studies.’ European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 6, 234-239.
  • Kristensen, H. (2000) ‘Selective Mutism and Comorbidity with Developmental Disorder/Delay, Anxiety Disorder and Elimination Disorder.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 39, 2, 249-256.
  • Kristensen, H. (2001) ‘Multiple informants’ report of emotional and behavioural problems in a nation-wide sample of selective mute children and controls.’ Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 10, 135-142.
  • Kristensen, Hanne and Torgersen, Svenn (2001) ‘MCM1-11 Personality Traits and Symptom Traits in Parents of Children with Selective Mutism: A CaseControl Study.’ Journal of Abnormal Psychology 1104, 648-652.
  • Kristensen, H. (2002) ‘Non-specific markers of neuro-developmental disorder/delay
    in selective mutism: A case-control study.’ European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 11, 71-78.
  • Kristensen, H. and Torgersen, S. (2002) ‘A case control study of EAS child and parental temperaments in SM children with and without a co-morbid communication disorder.’ Nordic Journal of Psychiatry 56, 347-353.
  • Kristensen, Hanne and Oerbeck, Beate (2006) ‘Is Selective Mutism associated with deficits in memory span and visual memory?: An exploratory case-control study.’ Depression and Anxiety 23, 71-76.
  • Krohn, D. D., Weckstein, S.M. and Wright. H. L. (1992) ‘A Study of the Effectiveness of a Specific Treatment for a case for Elective Mutism.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 31, 4, 711-718.
  • Krysanski, Valerie L. (2003) ‘A Brief Review of Selective Mutism Literature.’ The Journal of Psychology 137, 1, 29-40.
  • Kumpulainen, K., Rasanen, E., Raaska, H., and Somppi, V. (1998) ‘Selective Mutism among second graders in Elementary School.’ Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 7, 24-29.
  • Kussmaul, A. (1877) Die Stoerungen der Sprache 2 (1st ed.) [Disturbances in linguistic function]. Basel, Switzerland: Benno Schwabe.
  • Labbe, Elise E. and Williamson, Donald A. (1984) ‘Behavioural Treatment of Elective Mutism: A Review of the Literature.’ Clinical Psychology Review 4, 3, 273-292.
  • Lafferty, Julie E. and Constantino, John N. (1998) ‘Fluvoxamine in Selective Mutism.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 37, 1, 12-13.
  • Le Couteur, Ann (2006) ‘Review of ‘Silent Children: Approaches to Selective Mutism’.’ Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health 11, 3, 173-174.
  • Lehmann, Christine (2003) ‘Questionnaire Detects Rare Childhood Disorder’ Psychiatric News (American Psychiatric Association) 38, 24,13
  • Lehman, Robert B. (2002) ‘Rapid resolution of Social Anxiety Disorder, Selective Mutism and Separation Anxiety with Paroxetine in an 8-year-old girl.’ Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience 27, 2, 124-125.
  • Lehmann, Christine (2003) ‘Questionnaire Detects Rare Childhood Disorder.’ Psychiatric News (APA) 38, 24, 13.
  • Lesser-Katz, M. (1988) ‘The Treatment of Elective Mutism as Stranger Reaction.’ Psychotherapy 25, 2, 305-313.
  • Leszczyk, Sue (1993) ‘A Parent Comments on Elective Mutism.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 32, 3, 686.
  • Letamendi, A. M., Chavira, Denise A., Hitchcock, C. A., Roesch, Scott C., Shipon-Blum, Elisa and Stein, Murray B. (2008) ‘Selective Mutism Questionnaire: Measurement Structure and Validity.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 47, 10, 1197-1204.
  • Levett, Jo (2015) ‘Can’t talk? Want to talk!’ London. Speechmark Publishing Ltd.
  • Lipton, Harold (1980) ‘Rapid reinstatement of speech using stimulus fading with a Selectively Mute Child.’ Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 11, 147-149.
  • Louden, Delroy M. (1987) ‘Elective Mutism: A Case Study of a Disorder of Childhood.’ Journal of the National Medical Association 79, 10, 1047-1048.
  • Lowenstein, L. F. and Lowenstein, K. (1976) ‘The treatment and followup of a number of cases of elective mutism.’ British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 4, 3, 41-46.
  • Lumb, D. and Wolff, D. (1988) ‘Mary doesn’t talk.’ British Journal of Special
    Education 15, 3, 103-106.
  • McHolm, Angela E., Cunningham, Charles E. and Vanier, Melanie K. (2005) Helping your Child with Selective Mutism. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
  • MacGregor, Ruth, Pullar, Annie and Cundall, David (1994) ‘Silent at school – Elective Mutism and abuse.’ Archive of Diseases in Childhood 70, 540-541.
  • McCarley Jill and Hidalgo, Vilma (2005) ‘Augmented Traditional Psychotherapy with Computer-based technology for a Selectively Mute Girl.’ Psychiatry 2, 4, 48-53.
  • McInnes, A., Fung, D, Fiksenbaum, L., and Tannock, R. (2005) ‘Language of Children with SM.’ Word of Mouth 16, 5, 10-12.
  • Mac, Donna (2015) ‘Suffering in Silence: Breaking through Selective Mutism.’ Balboa Press. Bloomington, Indiana.
  • Mace, Charles F. and West, Barbara J. (1986) ‘Analysis of demand conditions associated with reluctant speech.’ Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 17, 4, 285-294.
  • Manassis, Katharina, Fung, Daniel, Tannock, Rosemary, Sloman, Leon, Fiksenbaum, Lisa and McInnes, Alison (2003) ‘Characterizing Selective Mutism: Is it more than Social Anxiety?’ Depression and Anxiety 18, 3, 153-161.
  • Manassis, K., Tannock, Rosemary, Garland, Jane, Minde, Klaus, McInnes, Alison and Clark, Sandra (2007) ‘The Sound of Silence: Language, Cognition and Anxiety in Selective Mutism.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 46, 9, 1187-1195.
  • Maskey, Sean (2001) ‘Selective Mutism, Social Phobia and Moclobemide: A Case Report.’ Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 6, 3, 363-369.
  • Masten, W. G., Stacks, J. R., Caldwell-Colbert, A. T. and Jackson, J. S. (1996) ‘Behavioral Treatment of a selective mute Mexican-American boy.’ Psychology in the Schools 33, 56-60.
  • Matson, Johnny L., Box, Margaret L. and Francis, Kelley L. (1992) ‘Treatment of Elective Mute Behaviour in two developmentally delayed children using modeling and contingency management.’ Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 23, 3, 221-229.
  • Melfsen, S., Walitza, S., and Warnke, A. (2006) ‘The extent of social anxiety in combination with mental disorders.’ European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 15, 111-117.
  • Meyers, Susan V., (1984) ‘Elective Mutism in Children: A Family Systems Approach.’ in S. A. Spasaro, and C. E. Schaefer (eds) (1999) Refusal to Speak: Treatment of Selective Mutism in Children. Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson Inc.
  • Moldan, Marian B. (2005) ‘Selective Mutism and Self-regulation.’ Clinical Social
    Work Journal 33, 3, 291-307.
  • Morin, Charly, Ladouceur, Robert and Cloutier, Renaud (1982) ‘Reinforcement Procedure in the treatment of Reluctant Speech.’ Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 13, 2, 145-147.
  • Motavilli, N. (and Black, Bruce) (1995) ‘Fluoxetine for (s)elective mutism.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 34, 6, 701-702.
  • Mulligan, Christy A., Hale, James B. and Shipon-Blum, Elisa (2015) ‘Selective Mutism: Identification of Subtypes and Implications for Treatment.’ Journal of Education and Human Development 4 (1), 79-96
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