title: Role structure and subculture in families of elective mutists.
abstract: This study of ten case records points to a common role structure and subculture in families of elective mutists. The paper describes a theory of treatment based on breaking down the family's distrust of the outer world before social training of the identified patient is started.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009155:Mutism / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D009769:Object Attachment; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D012380:Role; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors