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selective mutism  elective mutism  Selectiv mutism  selective mute  Selective muteness
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Selective mutism is an anxiety disorder in which a person who is otherwise capable of speech becomes unable to speak when exposed to specific situations, specific places, or to specific people, one or multiple of which serving as triggers. Wikipedia
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Selective mutism is an anxiety disorder in which a person who is otherwise capable of speech becomes unable to speak when exposed to specific situations, specific places, or to specific people, one or multiple of which serving as triggers. Wikipedia
An anxiety disorder Wikipedia Disambiguation
Anxiety disorder causing inability to speak under certain circumstances Wikidata
A severe form of social anxiety disorder characterized by a total inability to speak or communicate orally in certain social settings. The inability to speak is involuntary and persistent, and is not caused by a communication disorder, neurodevelopmental disorder, psychotic disorder, or intellectual disability. Wiktionary
Inability to speak in certain social settings. Wiktionary (translation)