Role Structure and Subculture in Families of Elective Mutists
- 1 April 1979
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Family Process
- Vol. 18 (1) , 55-68
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.1979.00055.x
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.Keywords
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