A Stuttering Case Getting Well During Bipolar Disorder Manic Episode

Year 2019, Volume: 46 Issue: 1, 179 - 182, 03.03.2019

Betül Uyar Ekmen

https://doi.org/10.5798/dicletip.534863

Abstract

Bipolar disorder;
is a chronic disease with recurrent mania, hypomania and depression episodes.
The cyclical progress of the disorder, with recovery and exacerbations, affects
the individual physically and mentally and disturbs the patient’s professional
and social harmony. Stuttering is defined as the disorder in which the
individual's speech is not following his / her age due to fluency or timing.
However, the etiology of shuttering has not yet understood. It is thought that,
during the conversation, the thought of the negative reactions that the patient
might encounter, affects the fluency of the speech.

Researches
on stuttering in bipolar disorder are limited.

In this
article, we discussed a case who has stuttering since childhood and whose
stuttering got well during bipolar disorder manic episodes. It was observed
that the patient's stuttering complaint was resumed when the patient had
reached the euthymic state by the treatment.

Keywords

bipoar disorder, stuttering

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