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Selective mutism - how much do we know about it?

Magdalena Janusz - Pawełkiewicz

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Selective mutism - how much do we know about it?

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Mutism was first described by the German physician Kussmaul. "Aphasia volentaria" - voluntary aphasia - was how mutism was named, meaning that children with this disorder consciously choose silence.

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