All about anxiety disorder that makes kids go silent in specific social situations Belle* is six years old. Like many children, she is a playful and often boisterous child at home with her family.

Belle* is six years old. Like many children, she is a playful and often boisterous child at home with her family. Unlike many children, she has an anxiety disorder which renders her speechless and ...

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 ...

At home Lucy Parker is a typical five-year-old, chatting away non-stop as she plays pretend princesses with her dolls and teddies. But every morning, when she walks to school with her twin brother ...

When we think of anxious children, we might think of kids clinging to their parents at drop-off time or terrified by clowns at birthday parties. But there's another kind of anxiety that affects young ...

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 ...