Trial reportJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2019
Intensive group behavioral treatment (IGBT) for children with selective mutism: A preliminary randomized clinical trial.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Condensing parent training: A randomized trial comparing the efficacy of a briefer, more intensive version of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (I-PCIT).Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2020Trial
- Family Accommodation and Selective Mutism: Evaluating the Survey of Accommodation in Verbal Encounters (SAVE).Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in inpatients with selective mutism compared to social anxiety disorder: an observational study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Observational
- Silent Stress: Psychophysiological Arousal During Verbal and Nonverbal Tasks in Children with Selective Mutism.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- A pilot study of an online behavioral parent training program for children with selective mutism: feasibility and preliminary effectiveness.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- What Can We Learn from the Previous Research on the Symptoms of Selective Mutism? A Systematic Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Understanding Selective Mutism in Very Young Children.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Family Accommodation in Selective Mutism: Prevalence, Relationship to Symptom Severity, and Issues in Measurement/Assessment.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Review
- An Updated Characterization of Childhood Selective Mutism: Exploring Clinical Features, Treatment Utilization, and School Services.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Meta-analysis of behavioral treatments for selective mutism: findings from selective mutism questionnaire (SMQ) and school speech questionnaire (SSQ).Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Review
- Symptoms of Selective Mutism in Middle Childhood: Psychopathological and Temperament Correlates in Non-clinical and Clinically Referred 6- to 12-year-old Children.Child psychiatry and human development · 2024Article
- Examining the Effectiveness of an Intensive Telemental Health Treatment for Pediatric Anxiety and OCD During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Pediatric Mental Health Crisis.Child psychiatry and human development · 2024Article
- Exposure-Based Online Intervention and Behavioral Parent Training for a Child with Selective Mutism: A Case Report.Yonago acta medica · 2024Article
- Phasic Versus Tonic Irritability and Associations with Family Accommodation Among Youth with Selective Mutism: A Latent Profile Analysis.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2024Article
- Diagnosing selective mutism: a critical review of measures for clinical practice and research.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2023Review
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of nonpharmacological interventions for children and adolescents with selective mutism.JCPP advances · 2023Article
- Remote Intensive Group Behavioral Treatment for Families of Children with Selective Mutism.Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health · 2023Article
- Measuring Irritability in Early Childhood: A Psychometric Evaluation of the Affective Reactivity Index in a Clinical Sample of 3- to 8-Year-Old Children.Assessment · 2022Article
- Characteristics of person, place, and activity that trigger failure to speak in children with selective mutism.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveVery few controlled trials have evaluated targeted treatment methods for childhood selective mutism (SM); the availability of evidence-based services remains limited. This study is the first controlled trial to evaluate an intensive group behavioral treatment (IGBT) for children with SM.
methodTwenty-nine children with SM (5-9 years; 76% female; 35% ethnic minority) were randomized to immediate SM 5-day IGBT or to a 4-week waitlist with psychoeducational resources (WLP), and were assessed at Week 4 and again 8 weeks into the following school year.
resultsIGBT was associated with high satisfaction and low perceived barriers to treatment participation. At Week 4, 50% of the immediate IGBT condition and 0% of the WLP condition were classified as "clinical responders." Further, Time × Condition interactions were significant for social anxiety severity, verbal behavior in social situations, and global functioning (but not for SM severity, verbal behavior in home settings, or overall anxiety). School-year follow-up assessments revealed significant improvements across all outcomes. Eight weeks into the following school year, 46% of IGBT-treated children were free of an SM diagnosis. In addition, teachers in the post-IGBT school year rated less school impairment and more classroom verbal behavior relative to teachers in the pre-IGBT school year.
conclusionsFindings provide the first empirical support for the efficacy and acceptability of IGBT for SM. Further study is needed to examine mechanisms of IGBT response, and other effective SM treatment methods, in order to clarify which treatment formats work best for which affected children. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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