Many years ago, early in my clinical training, a couple brought their 7-year-old daughter to see me. The parents were perplexed. The girl, whom I'll call Emily, was rambunctious at home, but would ...

Gino Hipolito receives funding from the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship (NIHR302167). Gino also works for St George's University Hospitals ...

When Daisy-Mae was growing up her family thought she was just shy, but her crippling silence around strangers was actually selective mutism. The anxiety disorder leaves the 12-year-old from Essex ...

A 15-year-old girl with a condition that makes it hard to talk says she wants to fulfil her dream of performing on stage. Scarlett, from Flintshire, has selective mutism, a severe anxiety disorder ...

A young girl has told of her heart-breaking struggle with selective mutism which means she is only capable of talking to three people in the world. Daisy-Mae Mead, 12, lives with her mum Louise and is ...