Transient Stuttering in Catatonic Bipolar Patients

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Joseph, Anthony B.

Affiliations: The Center for Neurobehavioral Rehabilitation, Greenery Rehabilitation Group; Psychopharmacology Program, McLean Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA,USA

Abstract: Two cases of transient stuttering occurring in association with catatonia and bipolar disorder are described. Affective decompensation has been associated with lateralized cerebral dysfunction, and it is hypothesized that in some bipolar catatonic patients a concomitant disorder of the lateralization of language function may lead to a variety of clinical presentations including aphasia, mutism, and stuttering.

DOI: 10.3233/BEN-1991-4406

Journal: Behavioural Neurology, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 265-269, 1991