ArticleBMC psychiatry2020
The impact of parental psychopathology and sociodemographic factors in selective mutism - a nationwide population-based study.
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- 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
- Effectiveness of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in inpatients with selective mutism compared to social anxiety disorder: an observational study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Observational
- An Updated Characterization of Childhood Selective Mutism: Exploring Clinical Features, Treatment Utilization, and School Services.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Parental psychiatric disorders and age-specific risk for offspring major depression: Finnish nationwide register-based study.Psychological medicine · 2025Article
- Interactions between parenting styles, child anxiety, and oppositionality in selective mutism.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Family Relationships in Selective Mutism-A Comparison Group Study of Children and Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Time trends in treated incidence, sociodemographic risk factors and comorbidities: a Finnish nationwide study on anxiety disorders.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- Associations Between Delivery Modes, Birth Outcomes and Offspring Anxiety Disorders in a Population-Based Birth Cohort of Children and Adolescents.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundSelective mutism (SM) is nowadays considered a relatively rare anxiety disorder characterized by children failing to speak in certain situations. Research on risk factors for SM are limited in comparison to other psychiatric disorders. The aim of this study was to examine several potential risk factors for SM in a large nationwide cohort, namely parental psychopathology, parental age, maternal SES, urbanicity, maternal marital status and parental immigration status.
methodsThis nested case-control study comprised 860 cases with SM, identified from the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register and 3250 controls matched for sex and age from the Finnish Central Population Register. Conditional logistic regression was used to examine the association between the risk factors and SM.
resultsIf both parents had any psychiatric disorder, this almost tripled their odds of having a child with SM (OR 2.8, 95% CI 2.0-4.0). There were increased rates of all types of psychiatric disorders in the parents of the children with SM, with a wider range of diagnoses among the mothers than fathers. Fathers over 35 years (OR 1.4, 95% CI 1.1-1.8) were significantly more likely to have children with SM. Offspring of a single mother had a 2-fold (OR = 2.0, 95% CI 1.4-3.0) increased odds of SM than mothers who were married or in a relationship.
conclusionsSeveral parental psychiatric disorders were associated with offspring SM. This points towards a shared aetiology of psychiatric disorders. Findings on paternal age and single motherhood help to improve our understanding of risk factors for SM.
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