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Bibliography for Selective Mutism (and related areas) organised by category
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Selective Mutism Bibliography (and related areas) organised by Category N.B. Although this list is extensive, it is not exhaustive. Researchers should conduct their own document searches, especially for more recent publications. Contents Page Books and Manuals on SM 1 Chapters on SM in other books 2 Classification of SM 3 Cohort Studies, Case Studies and Co-morbidity with SM 4 Incidence Level and Population Surveys 7 Intervention and Identification 7 Assessment 8 Behavioural Methods 9 CBT 13 Combined Methods and Multimodal Approaches 14 Drugs and other medical methods 15 Psychotherapy 16 Therapeutic Methods 17 Literature Reviews on SM and its treatment 18 Research – Comparative Studies with SM 19 Research into Anxiety, ASD, Inhibition, Language, Social Phobia, etc. 21 UK Government, Local Government, NHS and Care Pathways 25 Books and Manuals on SM Bergman, R. Lindsey (2013) ‘Programs that work. Treatment for Children with
Selective Mutism. An Integrative Behavioural Approach. Therapists Guide’. New York. OUP.
Cline, Tony and Baldwin, Sylvia (2004) ‘Selective Mutism in Children. Second
Edition.’ London and Philadelphia: Whurr. Collins, Janet (1996) ‘The Quiet Child.’ London: Casssell.
Dillon, Jane and Maloney, Alison (2013) ‘Jessi-cat: the cat that unlocked a boy’s heart’ London. Michael O’Mara Books.
Johnson, Maggie and Jones, Michael (2012) ‘Supporting Quiet Children: Exciting Ideas and Activities to help ‘Reluctant Talkers’ become ‘Confident Talkers’. Birmingham. Lawrence Educational Publications.
Johnson, Maggie and Wintgens, Alison (2012) ‘Can I tell you about Selective
Mutism? A guide for friends, family and professionals.’ London. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Johnson, Maggie and Wintgens, Alison (2016) ‘The Selective Mutism Resource
Manual (Second Edition).’ London: Speechmark.
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Katz-Bernstein, Nitza (2013) ‘Selective Mutism in Children. Manifestations,
Diagnosis, Therapy. 3rd Edition’ Verlag, Munich. Ernst Reinhart. Kearney, Christopher A. (2010) ‘Helping Children with Selective Mutism and their
Parents: A Guide for School-based Professionals.’ Oxford: OUP Kotrba, Aimee (2015) ‘Selective Mutism. An assessment and Intervention Guide
for Therapists, Educators and Parents.’ Eau Claire, Wisconsin: PESI Publishing and Media.
Kratochwill, Thomas (1981) ‘Selective Mutism: Implications for Research and
Treatment’. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Levett, Jo (2015) ‘Can’t talk? Want to talk!’ London. Speechmark Publishing Ltd. Mac, Donna (2015) ‘Suffering in Silence: Breaking through Selective Mutism.’
Balboa Press. Bloomington, Indiana McHolm, Angela E., Cunningham, Charles E. and Vanier, Melanie K. (2005)
‘Helping your Child with Selective Mutism.’ Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
Perednick, Ruth (2011) ‘The Selective Mutism Treatment Guide: For Parents, Teachers and Therapists. Still Waters Run Deep.’ Jerusalem. Oaklands. Sage, Rosemary and Sluckin, Alice (eds) (2004) ‘Silent Children: Approaches to
Selective Mutism.’ Leicester: SMIRA and University of Leicester. Smith, Benita Rae and Sluckin, Alice (eds.) (2015) ‘Tackling Selective Mutism. A
Guide for Professionals and Parents.’ London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Spasaro, Sheila A. and Schaefer, Charles E. (eds) (1999) ‘Refusal to Speak:
Treatment of Selective Mutism in Children.’ Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson Inc.
Sutton, Carl and Forrester, Cheryl (2016) ‘Selective Mutism In Our Own Words.’
London and Philadephia. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Wallace, Marjorie (1986) The Silent Twins. London: Chatto and Windus.
Chapters on SM in other books Alladin, Assen (2016) ‘Integrative CBT for Anxiety Disorders: An Evidence-Based
Approach to Enhancing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Mindfulness and Hypnotherapy.’ John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Published online: 9th October 2015) DOI: 10.1002/9781118509869.ch9 – Selective Mutism.
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Schäfer, Hanna and Muskett, Tom (2015) ‘Interlocutor Influence on the Communication Behaviours Associated with Selective Mutism.’ Ch. 10 in O’Reilly, Michelle and Lester, Jessica Nina (eds.) (2015) ‘The Palgrave Handbook of Child Mental Health: Discourse and Conversation Studies.’ Springer. (Print) ISBN: 978-1-349-57695-1 (Online) 978-1-137-42831-8
Sluckin, Alice (2006) ‘Helping Selectively Mute Children at School.’ In Hunter-Carsh, M., Tiknar, Y., Cooper, P. and Sage, R. (eds.) The Handbook of Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties. London and New York, NY. Continuum.
Classification of SM Anstendig, Karin (1999) ‘Is Selective Mutism an Anxiety Disorder? Rethinking
its DSM-IV Classification.’ Journal of Anxiety Disorders 13, 4, 417-434. Cohan, Sharon L., Chavira, Denise A., Shipon-Blum, Elisa, Hitchcock, Carla,
Roesch, Scott C. and Stein, Murray B. (2008) ‘Redefining the Classification of Children with Selective Mutism: A Latent Profile Analysis.’ Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 37, 4, 770-784.
Hayden, Torey L. (1980) ‘Classification of Elective Mutism.’ Journal of the
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 19, 118-133. Leszczyk, Sue (1993) ‘A Parent Comments on Elective Mutism.’ Journal of the
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 32, 3, 686. Leszczyk, Sue (1993) ‘A Parent Comments on Elective Mutism.’ Journal of the
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 32, 3, 686.
Mulligan, Christy A., Hale, James B. and Shipon-Blum, Elisa (2015) ‘Selective Mutism: Identification of Subtypes and Implications for Treatment.’ Journal of Education and Human Development 4 (1), 79-96
Omdal, Heidi, and Galloway, David (2008) ‘Could Selective Mutism be
Re-conceptualised as a Specific Phobia of Expressive Speech? An Exploratory Post-hoc Study.’ Child and Adolescent Mental Health 132, 74-81.
Paniagua, F. A. and Saeed, M. A. (1988) ‘A Procedural Distinction between
Elective and Progressive Mutism.’ Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 19, 1, 207-210.
Reed, C. F. (1963) ‘Elective mutism in children: A reappraisal.’ Journal of Child
Psychology and Psychiatry 4, 99-107.
Sharp, William G., Sherman, Colleen and Gross, Alan M. (2007) ‘Selective Mutism and Anxiety: A review of the current conceptualization of the disorder.’ Journal of Anxiety Disorders 21, 568-579.
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Wright, Harry H. (1994) ‘Selective Mutism continued.’ Journal of the American
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Cohort Studies, Case Studies and Co-morbidity of SM with other conditions Black, Bruce and Uhde, Thomas W. (1995) ‘Psychiatric Characteristics of
Children with Selective Mutism: A Pilot Study.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 34, 7, 847-856.
Brix Andersson, C. and Hove Thomsen, Per (1998) ‘Electively Mute Children:
An Analysis of 37 Danish Cases.’ Nordic Journal of Psychiatry 52, 231-238.
Chavira, Denise A., Shipon-Blum, Elisa, Hitchcock, Carla, Cohan, Sharon and
Stein, Murray B. (2007) ‘Selective Mutism and Social Anxiety Disorder: All in the Family?’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 46, 11, 1464-1472.
Crumley, R. E. (1993) ‘Is elective mutism a social phobia?’ Journal of the American
Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 32, 5, 1081. Dummit, E. Steven, Klein, Rachel G., Tancer, Nancy K., Asche, Barbara,
Martin, Jacqueline and Fairbanks, Janet A. (1997) ‘Systematic Assessment of 50 children with Selective Mutism.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 36, 5: 653-660.
Eldar, Sophie, Bleich, Avi, Apter, Alan and Tyano, San (1985) ‘Elective mutism - an
atypical antecedent of schizophrenia.’ Journal of Adolescence 8, 289-292. Elizur, Yeol and Perednick, Ruth (2003) ‘Prevalence and Description of
Selective Mutism in Immigrant and Native Families: A Controlled Study.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 42, 12, 1451-1459.
Eriega E.G., Williams, Abioun A., Isukwem G. C., Ojo T. T. (2015) ‘Personality and
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Ford, Mary A., Sladeczek, Ingrid E., Carlson, John and Kratochwill, Thomas R.
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Grosso, Salvatore, Cioni, Maddalene, Pucci, Lucia, Morgese, Guido and Balestria,
Paulo (1999) ‘Selective Mutism, speech delays, dysmorphisms, and deletion of the short arm of chromosome 18: a distinct entity?’ Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 67, 6, 830-831.
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Hagerman, R. J., Hills, J., Scharfenaker, S. and Lewis, H. (1999) ‘Fragile X Syndrome and Selective Mutism.’ American Journal of Medical Genetics 83, 313-317.
Hirai, Katsuaki, Kimiya, Satoshi, Tabata, Koji, Seki, Tohru, Jozaki, Keiji, Kumagai, Noboru (2002) ‘Selective Mutism and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders associated with zonisamide.’ Seizure 11, 468-470.
Jacobsen, Teresa (1995) ‘Case Study: Is Selective Mutism a Manifestation of Dissociative Identity Disorder?’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 24, 7, 863-866.
Karakaya, I., Siomanlar, S. G., Oc, O.Y., Memik, N. C., Jcoskun, A., Agaoglu, B.,
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Klin, Ami and Volkmar, Fred R. (1993) ‘Elective Mutism and Mental Retardation.’ Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 32, 4, 860-864.
Kolvin, I. and Fundudis, T. (1981) ‘Elective Mute Children: Psychological Development and Background Factors.’ Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 22, 3, 219-232.
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Kristensen, H. (2000) ‘Selective Mutism and Comorbidity with Developmental
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Kristensen, Hanne and Torgersen, Svenn (2001) ‘MCM1-11 Personality Traits
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Kristensen, H. and Torgersen, S. (2002) ‘A case control study of EAS child and
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Kristensen, Hanne and Oerbeck, Beate (2006) ‘Is Selective Mutism associated with deficits in memory span and visual memory?: An exploratory case-control study.’ Depression and Anxiety 23, 71-76.
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