Mutism: For Diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of selective mutism in bilingual children.

Deaf-Mutism

The author of this book pleads for indulgence to any shortcomings of language, on the ground that he is not an Englishman, but such indulgence is by no means necessary inasmuch as the language would do credit to any English writer. The book bristles with statistics which are, of course, drawn largely from Danish sources, but tables are also given from all countries ?f Europe as well as from Ame...

Akinetic mutism as a classification criterion for the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

OBJECTIVES Among the classification criteria for the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, akinetic mutism is described as a symptom which helps to establish the diagnosis as possible or probable. Akinetic mutism has been anatomically divided into two forms--the mesencephalic form and the frontal form. The aim of this study was to delimit the symptom of akinetic mutism in patients with Creutz...

Classification of elective mutism.

In this study of 68 children displaying elective mutism, four types of mutism are distinguished: (a) symbiotic mutism, characterized by a symbiotic relationship with a caretaker and a submissive but manipulative relationship with others; (b) speech phobic mutism, characterized by fear of hearing one’s own voice and use of ritualistic behaviors; (c) reactive mutism, characterized by withdrawal a...

Elective Mutism in Childhood

Introduction Elective mutism was first described in the literature in 1877 by Kussmaul who used the term "aphasia voluntaria" in order to describe children who, though not severely disturbed, are willfully mute for purposes they refuse to disclose. From this time until the 1930's there was very little else in the German literature. In 1934, Tramer coined the name "elective mutism" which has gai...