Selective mutism is a childhood anxiety disorder characterized by an inability to talk in one or more social settings, such as school. The symptom usually emerges when children start to go to school although some cases are later induced. Perhaps this condition could lead to anxiety disorders when they grow up to adolescents or even adults. Anxiety disorders include social phobia(social anxiety disorder), obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and so on.
Unfortunately, selective mutism is little known and understood in the world, causing disappointment among people with selective mutism and parents of children with it. Some adults are surprised to recognize it because their conditions at younger ages look the very same of description about selective mutism. Among those don't have the knowledge about it are psychotherapists, parents of children with potential mutism and preschool and school teachers. So, we don't have the knowledge of how many people with selective mutism don't know their conditions, I'm sure there are.
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