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Observations on Elective Mutism in Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

D. J. Salfield
D. J. Salfield*
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Crichton Royal, Dumfries
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There is a distinct variety of mutism in children which Tramer (6) and others call “elective,” i.e. partial, occurring vis-à-vis certain persons only. The children are “sensitives” in Kretschmer's sense, i.e. they are timid, shy, susceptible to teasing and irony, and come from an insecure milieu; the abnormality is often familial.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 96 , Issue 405 , October 1950 , pp. 1024 - 1032
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1950 

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