The Effects of Treating Comorbid Social Phobia in Adults Who Stutter

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/107337

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Stuttering is a distressing and common speech disorder that prevents normal communication, hinders attainment of occupational potential, and can cause a lifetime of embarrassment and anxiety in everyday speaking situations. Around half of all adults who stutter have a condition called social phobia, which involves excessive anxiety in social situations. This is an important observation, because it is well known that treatments for adults who stutter are not particularly effective for some patients. In this research project, we investigate the possibility that this is because existing treatments have not addressed the fact that many adults who stutter have levels of social anxiety in everyday speaking situations. In this experiment, half the subjects receive a standard treatment and the other half receive a standard treatment plus cognitive behaviour therapy designed to alleviate their social anxiety.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2000

End Date: 01-01-2002

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $196,245.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Rehabilitation And Therapy: Hearing And Speech

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

psychiatry | psychology | social phobia | speech pathology | stuttering | treatment outcome

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