tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post2535154680542464283..comments2024-03-24T15:07:18.773+01:00Comments on The Stuttering Brain: Dave - Social Anxiety and DSM-VTom Weidighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-6828287764591545522009-09-23T20:19:31.070+02:002009-09-23T20:19:31.070+02:00Stress and some unpleasent experiences may lead to...Stress and some unpleasent experiences may lead to anxiety. Some natural anxiety remedies to look into are St.John's Wort, SAMe, L-Theanine, and Tryptophan. There's also cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and programs like Panic Away and The Linden Method, to name a few. Hope this helps!Anthony Diclemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723195741047233169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-83994406577159736812009-08-11T06:41:19.555+02:002009-08-11T06:41:19.555+02:00I hope Dr Maguire and Ms Ratner's finding are ...I hope Dr Maguire and Ms Ratner's finding are summarized either here or somewhere else on the web. I know that a lot of people are hopeful that stuttering will indeed be separated from the compulsive disorders. It is neurologically based, and manifests itself in countless different ways. Far too many people, including doctors, have no idea what stuttering is and how to really help. Hpefully, Dr Maguire's work will inspire others in the medical field to become more aware of stuttering complexities.Pamhttp://www.stutterrockstar.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-13022253825220758602009-08-08T17:37:30.071+02:002009-08-08T17:37:30.071+02:00Well I must say that Jerry Maguire and Nan Ratner ...Well I must say that Jerry Maguire and Nan Ratner gave a highly entertaining and informative talk about the potential revisions to DSM. The audience was really pleased with what they have suggested. In addition to trying to move the location of stuttering in DSM to somewhere more suitable (away from eating disorders, compulsive masturbation, etc.) they want to get rid of the exclusion problem I mentioned in my original post. So, good news here!Dave Rowleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05075890277885768921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-67647731224482133702009-08-06T19:31:21.875+02:002009-08-06T19:31:21.875+02:00Last year, a New Zeland researcher challenged the ...Last year, a New Zeland researcher challenged the notion that stuttering could be linked to personal anxiety. Her study was very levelheaded. <a href="http://www.comsdev.canterbury.ac.nz/news/2008/080213b.shtml" rel="nofollow">Look here</a>.Silvanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-35832887954403746902009-08-05T21:23:57.218+02:002009-08-05T21:23:57.218+02:00Hi, Tom and Dave. I am in Brazil attending the IFA...Hi, Tom and Dave. I am in Brazil attending the IFA as well. I presenting on this topic with Nan Ratner tomorrow at 4pm during the conference. Nan and I have been working with the DSM V committee on a potential revised criteria for stuttering. I will be happy to share everything with you. Please provide me any comments as well. I will be honored to take your feedback and the feedback from others on the blog forward. I am eager to hear your presentation, Dave. <br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />Jerry<br /><br />Gerald A. Maguire, M.D.<br />Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry<br />University of California, IrvineJerry Maguirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-7090605984971530442009-08-05T17:53:13.091+02:002009-08-05T17:53:13.091+02:00There is no doubt in my mind that the vast majorit...There is no doubt in my mind that the vast majority of stutterers experience social anxiety, and drives many lives, especially for teenagers. It certainly drove my life and still does but to a much smaller degree and only in some situations.<br /><br />Of course, this social anxiety is not really a disorder, i.e. driven by biological dysfunctioning of the social anxiety pathways in the brain, but a consequence of stuttering. But you could argue that it now looks AS IF it was biologically driven.<br /><br />Of course, who cares about such arguments!!<br /><br />I quote Jerry Maguire vaguely along the lines: Well stuttering might not be a mental disorder but it would be good if it stays classified like one because then the health insurance (at least in the US) keeps on paying the bills!Tom Weidighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.com