Fear of speaking: Chronic anxiety and stammering

Craig, A; Tran, Y

Fear of speaking: Chronic anxiety and stammering

Craig, A Tran, Y

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Citation:: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 2006, 12 (1), pp. 63 - 68
Issue Date:: 2006-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Craig, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Tran, Y https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1741-4205	en_US
dc.date.issued	2006-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 2006, 12 (1), pp. 63 - 68	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1355-5146	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/5543
dc.description.abstract	Stammering results in involuntary disruption of a person's capacity to speak. It begins at an early age and can persist for life for at least 20% of those stammering at 2 years old. Although the aetiological role of anxiety in stammering has not been determined, evidence is emerging that suggests people who stammer are more chronically and socially anxious than those who do not. This is not surprising, given that the symptoms of stammering can be socially embarrassing and personally frustrating, and have the potential to impede vocational and social growth. Implications for DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for stammering and current treatments of stammering are discussed. We hope that this article will encourage a better understanding of the consequences of living with a speech or fluency disorder as well as motivate the development of treatment protocols that directly target the social fears associated with stammering.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Advances in Psychiatric Treatment	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1192/apt.12.1.63	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Psychiatry	en_US
dc.title	Fear of speaking: Chronic anxiety and stammering	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.citation.volume	12	en_US
utslib.for	1103 Clinical Sciences	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHT - Health Technologies
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Abstract:

Stammering results in involuntary disruption of a person's capacity to speak. It begins at an early age and can persist for life for at least 20% of those stammering at 2 years old. Although the aetiological role of anxiety in stammering has not been determined, evidence is emerging that suggests people who stammer are more chronically and socially anxious than those who do not. This is not surprising, given that the symptoms of stammering can be socially embarrassing and personally frustrating, and have the potential to impede vocational and social growth. Implications for DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for stammering and current treatments of stammering are discussed. We hope that this article will encourage a better understanding of the consequences of living with a speech or fluency disorder as well as motivate the development of treatment protocols that directly target the social fears associated with stammering.

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