ALLMedicine™ Selective Mutism Center

Jun 28th, 2022 - Selective mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder in children/adolescents, characterized by the absence of speaking in specific social situations, mostly at school. The selective mutism questionnaire (SMQ) is a parent report, internationally used to as...

May 18th, 2022 - Children with selective mutism (SM) are at risk for current and continuing academic and socio-emotional difficulties. Unfortunately, this issue is complicated by the fact these children often respond poorly to psychosocial intervention. This leave...

May 16th, 2022 - Behavioral Inhibition (BI) is an early temperamental trait characterized by shyness, withdrawal, avoidance, uneasiness, and fear of unfamiliar situations, people, objects, and events. The DSM-5 refers to behavioral inhibition as a temperamental fa...

Apr 20th, 2022 - To test the hypothesis that the Integrated Behavior Therapy for Children with Selective Mutism (IBTSM), administered in a naturalistic setting, is (a) a feasible and acceptable treatment, (b) effective in reducing children's selective mutism (SM) ...

Dec 7th, 2021 - Virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) has been commonly utilised as an extension of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). However, most studies examined its effectiveness among adults, with no study focusing on children with selective mutism (SM)...

May 18th, 2022 - Children with selective mutism (SM) are at risk for current and continuing academic and socio-emotional difficulties. Unfortunately, this issue is complicated by the fact these children often respond poorly to psychosocial intervention. This leave...

Dec 16th, 2020 - This study sought to evaluate an innovative post-acute continuation/transition planning treatment strategy that leveraged an in-person intensive treatment followed by online, videoconferencing-based "booster" sessions for youth with selective muti...

Oct 14th, 2020 - All study procedures have been approved by the Institutional Review Board of Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel. Participants are recruited from the Selective Mutism unit at Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, during their fi...

Jan 18th, 2020 - The study's goal is to check and verify basic assumptions of a new selective mutism developmental model from Melfsen and Walitza through standardized and routinely used patient questionnaires. The primary emphasis is the question of a connection b...

Oct 29th, 2019 - This study utilizes a repeated measures, longitudinal, randomized controlled trial design to compare the efficacy of two interventions in the treatment of children aged 4 to 7 years with SM and/or SAD. Participants are randomized into either the: ...

Aug 26th, 2021 - As students return to school, it's critical to know how to spot children who may be suffering from pandemic-related anxiety, experts advised. At a webinar Tuesday hosted by The REACH Institute, a New York-based non-profit that promotes evidence-ba...

Jun 1st, 2021 - Ms. C, age 44, who has major depressive disorder (MDD), anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) (religious subtype), and has experienced multiple episodes of treatment-resistant catatonia, is brought to the emergency department (ED) by her pa.

Jan 21st, 2020 - Anxiety is probably the most common behavioral health complaint that presents in the pediatrician’s office. The prevalence of anxiety is going up every year, and we do not have a good understanding why.

Aug 30th, 2007 - RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 30 -- The Virginia Tech massacre might have been prevented if university authorities had heeded "clear warnings of mental instability" from the shooter, found a state review panel report issued today. The summary of the repor...

Jul 1st, 2002 - DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF PDD Mental retardation Reactive attachment disorder Language disorders Stereotypic movement disorder Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder Social phobia Obsessive-compulsive disorder Selective mutism Schizophrenia Pers.