[Stuttering and neurosis]

Neurotic mechanisms have been found to be involved in the majority of cases of stuttering. Therefore, the treatment of this particular disorder should include different amounts of psychological treatment depending upon the role that such mechanisms are playing in the multifactorially determined etiopathogenesis of stuttering. The relationship of the symptomatology of stuttering to neurotic reactions and developments is described with reference to a typical clinical example. The description of the case, in which an attempt is made to determine the causes of the disorder, is followed by a discussion, relative to stuttering, of the classification of neuroses recommended in 1969 for use in the German Democratic Republic and taken as a base for this work.