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Treatment for Rotavirus infection
What treatments are used for Rotavirus infection? The main treatment is supportive care, especially oral or intravenous rehydration to replace fluid and electrolyte losses caused by diarrheal illness. Because rotavirus is a viral infection…
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What is Separation anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety disorder is a psychiatric condition in which the brain and stress-response systems generate an unusually intense fear or distress around separation from an attachment figure or from home and familiar surroundings. It…
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FAQ about Selective mutism
Selective mutism is a childhood anxiety disorder that affects a person’s ability to speak in certain social settings, even though they can speak comfortably in other situations. This FAQ explains what selective mutism is,…
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Prevention of Selective mutism
Selective mutism is a childhood anxiety disorder in which a child is capable of speaking in some settings but consistently fails to speak in others, most often in school or unfamiliar social situations. Because…
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Treatment for Selective mutism
The treatment of selective mutism is usually based on behavioral and psychological interventions, sometimes combined with medication when anxiety is severe or persistent. Selective mutism is not a disorder of speech production in the…
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Diagnosis of Selective mutism
Selective mutism is usually identified when a child or adolescent speaks normally in some settings but persistently does not speak in others where speech is expected. The pattern is most often noticed at school,…
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Causes of Selective mutism
What causes selective mutism? The condition usually develops when an underlying anxiety-related inhibition of speech emerges in a child whose biological sensitivity, temperament, and environment all reinforce one another. It is not caused by…