After immersion in a foreign language, speakers often have difficulty retrieving native-language words and may experience a decrease in its proficiency, this phenomenon, in the non-pathological form, is known as first language attrition. Self-perception of this low native-language proficiency and apprehension occurring when speaking is expected and, may sometimes lead these people to a state of social anxiety and, in extreme forms, can involve the withholding of speech as a primitive tool for self-protection, linking them to selective mutism. We report an unusual case of selective mutism arising from first language attrition in an Italian girl after attending a two-year "German language school", who successfully responded to a paroxetine-cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) combination treatment.
Titolo: | A Selective Mutism Arising from First Language Attrition, Successfully Treated with Paroxetine-CBT Combination Treatment. A selective mutism arising from first language attrition, successfully treated with paroxetine-CBT combination treatment | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2015 | |
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Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11769/20287 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |