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Mutismo selectivo - Treatment

Tratamiento:

El tratamiento actual involucra cambios de comportamiento, participación familiar y la escuela del niño. Algunos medicamentos para tratar la ansiedad y la fobia social se han empleado de manera segura y eficaz.

Grupos de apoyo:

Para mayor información y recursos, ver el artículo sobre grupos de apoyo para el mutismo selectivo.

Expectativas (pronóstico):

Los niños con este síndrome pueden tener desenlaces clínicos diferentes. Es posible que algunos necesiten continuar con la terapia para la timidez y la ansiedad social en sus años de adolescencia y posiblemente hasta la adultez.

Complicaciones:

El mutismo selectivo puede afectar la capacidad del niño para desempeñarse en un escenario social o educativo. Sin tratamiento, los síntomas pueden empeorar.

Situaciones que requieren asistencia médica:

Consulte con el médico si su hijo tiene síntomas de mutismo selectivo y esto está afectando las actividades escolares y sociales.

Reviewed last on: 2/28/2010
Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; and Michelle Benger Merrill, MD, Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Stafford B, Boris NW, Dalton R. Anxiety disorders. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 24.

Simms MD, Schum RL. Language development and communication disorders. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 32.2.

Victor AM, Bernstein GA. Anxiety disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder update. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2009;32:57-69.

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