SynthesisChild psychiatry and human development2020
Anxiety in Children with Selective Mutism: A Meta-analysis.
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- Understanding silence in adolescence and young adulthood: a mixed methods systematic review on selective mutism.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Long-term outcomes of selective mutism: a systematic literature review.BMC psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Youth with selective mutism: a nationwide patient registry study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- A Preschooler With Severe Social Anxiety and Selective Mutism Versus Autism Spectrum Disorder.Clinical case reports · 2026Article
- Family Accommodation and Selective Mutism: Evaluating the Survey of Accommodation in Verbal Encounters (SAVE).Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Demographic and clinical profiles of preschool children with selective mutism in Singapore.Singapore medical journal · 2026Article
- Physical Freezing in Children and Adolescents with Selective Mutism.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Breaking with the Criteria; Selective Mutism and its Forbidden Connection with Autism.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Silent Stress: Psychophysiological Arousal During Verbal and Nonverbal Tasks in Children with Selective Mutism.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- What Can We Learn from the Previous Research on the Symptoms of Selective Mutism? A Systematic Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A Physiological Approach to Vocalization and Expanding Spoken Language for Adolescents with Selective Mutism.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Understanding Selective Mutism in Very Young Children.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- An Updated Characterization of Childhood Selective Mutism: Exploring Clinical Features, Treatment Utilization, and School Services.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Multi-Faceted Assessment of Children with Selective Mutism: Challenges and Practical Suggestions.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Interactions between parenting styles, child anxiety, and oppositionality in selective mutism.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- 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
- Parental Issues and Support Needs in Selective Mutism in Japan: A Quantitative Content Analysis.Yonago acta medica · 2024Article
- Symptoms of selective mutism beyond failure to speak in children and adolescents.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Selective Mutism and Comorbidity with Specific Learning Disorders: Evaluation and Multimodal Intervention in a Clinical Case of a Female Child from 7 to 11 Years of Age.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Selective mutism and the risk of mental and neurodevelopmental disorders among siblings.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
This study evaluates the current conceptualization of selective mutism (SM) as an anxiety disorder in the DSM-5 using a meta-analytic approach. In the absence of any systematic assessment of anxiety in the field of SM, we pooled prevalence data of comorbid anxiety disorders in a random-effects meta-analysis. On the basis of 22 eligible studies (N = 837), we found that 80% of the children with SM were diagnosed with an additional anxiety disorder, notably social phobia (69%). However, considerable heterogeneity was present, which remained unexplained by a priori specified moderators. The finding that SM is often diagnosed in combination with anxiety disorders, indicates that these disorders are not discrete, separable categories. Moreover, this finding does not help to elucidate the relation between SM and anxiety as an etiological mechanism or symptomatic feature. Broadening our research strategies regarding the assessment of anxiety is paramount to clarify the role of anxiety in SM, and allow for proper classification.
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