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Controlled Trial of the Treatment of 36 Stutterers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. G. Wells  and
M. T. Malcolm
P. G. Wells
Affiliation:
Royal Southern Hospital, Liverpool; Young People's Unit, Victoria Road, Macclesfield
M. T. Malcolm
Affiliation:
Royal Southern Hospital, Liverpool; West Cheshire Hospital, Chester
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Stutter, tic and the Gilles de la Tourette syndrome have many features in common. Haloperidol has been found of value in the treatment of the last-named syndrome (1) and also of tic (2). Our study was intended to evaluate its use, combined with orphenadrine, in stutterers. We used it both with and without speech therapy, as shown in Table I. The trial was controlled, and double blind. Our 36 patients, aged 15 to 60, were of both sexes and neither psychotic nor subnormal. They were not on other therapy. They were randomly divided by an independent third party equally into the following groups, and treated as indicated.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 119 , Issue 553 , December 1971 , pp. 603 - 604
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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