Do not download Bradley Munoz’s, better know as P.L.X.T.X., album Selective Mutism. In fact, don’t call it an album at all, because that is in no way what it is. Munoz’s insistence on sending me a ...

Many years ago, early in my clinical training, a couple brought their 7-year-old daughter to see me. The parents were perplexed. The girl, whom I'll call Emily, was rambunctious at home, but would ...

Melanie Manderino is finally ready to talk. The 18-year-old struggled with selective mutism, an extreme anxiety disorder in which someone is unable to speak in social settings, for the better part of ...

Nearly half of people today report feeling lonely. In schools, this shows up when students sit alone at lunch or are left out of activities.

I'm only speaking to this topic from my experience and discussions I've had with doctors over the years. My analysis is not a rather scientific one, but there are many studies that cover this in ...

Noah has selective mutism, a childhood anxiety disorder characterized by the inability to speak in social settings. So most days while he is at preschool, his mother, Julie Nicodemus, is in an empty ...

Q: My five-year-old daughter started kindergarten this year and I have been getting a lot of calls from her teacher about issues in the classroom. Her teacher keeps telling me that my daughter does ...