Letter to Editor. The importance of anxiety component in the etiopathogenesis of selective mutism, classified as an "anxiety and fear-related disorder" in the upcoming 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases. Substantive comments. Comment on the article The controversy around the diagnosis of selective mutism - a critical analysis of three cases in the light of modern research and diagnostic criteria by Justyna Holka-Pokorska et al.

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