A Multi-faceted Approach to Treating Post-adolescent Stutterers by Internal Medicine Doctors

<p>This paper introduces the management of stuttering by general physicians.</p><p>The author himself stutters and has struggled with speech anxiety since puberty. When he was a student, he tried every method that he could think of, such as autonomic training methods, private stuttering correction centers, associative therapy, and hospitalization Morita therapy, but nothing could correct his stuttering. Over the years, he was no longer bothered by stuttering. In 2016, while working as an internal medicine doctor, he opened a stuttering consultation outpatient clinic. After meeting many people who stuttered, he became convinced of the importance of the attitude of “loving yourself as you are and accepting what you cannot do.” Stuttering has waves and reversals that cannot be helped. Since it is extremely difficult to improve stuttering after becoming an adult, the author began to focus on how to prevent stuttering from getting worse in elementary and junior high school students. Regardless of the severity of the symptoms, a person who feels socially stigmatized, can receive reasonable accommodation, and get a disability certificate and pension. One can live with stuttering without being it being obvious, even if it cannot be cured. The author recommends it. If the patient does not focus too hard on trying to cure the stuttering, the symptoms will often improve spontaneously.</p><p>The author hopes that through the article, the number of doctors who are interested in treating stuttering will increase, and that the day will come when patients who stutter can visit an outpatient clinic anytime, anywhere.</p>