1. There are reports of successful treatment of akinetic mutism, the most severe form of Abulia, with bromocriptine

2. Abulia Major (Akinetic Mutism) The patient will initiate nothing at all, including speaking and eating, and may ultimately require total personal care

3. Akinetic Mutism, apathy, Aboulia describe diminished motivation relating to decreased expression of a behaviour which can be in the form of motor or speech behaviour.

4. Aboulia falls in the middle of the spectrum of diminished motivation, with apathy being less extreme and akinetic mutism being more extreme than Aboulia

5. Abulia, which is a milder condition of akinetic mutism, is characterized by a lack of initiative, spontaneity, and drive and by apathy, slowness of thought, and blunting of emotional responses and responses to external stimuli

6. Konigsburg's Silent to the Bone and Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak, Cut is another authentic-sounding novel in which elective mutism plays a part, this time with humor making the pain of adolescence gone awry more bearablean exceptional character study of a young woman and her hospital mates who struggle with demons so severe that …