
STARS experts redefine stuttering as a brain-based neuropsychiatric disorder, urging interdisciplinary care and warning dopamine-boosting ADHD or antidepressant meds may worsen symptoms.

Dr dos Santos is a pediatric neurologist at Santa Maria Hospital and at SpeechCare in Lisbon, Portugal.

STARS experts redefine stuttering as a brain-based neuropsychiatric disorder, urging interdisciplinary care and warning dopamine-boosting ADHD or antidepressant meds may worsen symptoms.

During STARS' international expert consensus meeting, experts discuss the treatment implications of psychiatric comorbidity and stuttering.