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The purpose of this chapter is to review the literature on elective mutism to facilitate possible modifications of the diagnosis in DSM-IV.
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Tancer, N.K. (1992). Elective Mutism. In: Lahey, B.B., Kazdin, A.E. (eds) Advances in Clinical Child Psychology. Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, vol 14. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9838-7_8
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