PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A lot of people have social anxiety to varying degrees. For some, it's so severe they physically can't speak around certain people. It's called selective mutism, but it can be ...

In February, a partnership of 17 mental health organizations published a report calling for an investment in school-based mental health to address the complex and growing mental health needs of ...

Selective mutism is a common anxiety condition whereby kids who are normally chatty at home clam up around outsiders or at school. By Shoshana Kordova When my youngest daughter was 3, her preschool ...

"Kids with SM can be bossy, well-spoken, loud, engaged and have normal functioning academics, but when they’re in the selective setting, they completely shut down." Every day on the way to kinder, ...