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From: oliverlong@rogers.com
Date: 10/17/03
Time: 1:43:22 AM
Remote Name: 24.156.60.69
What reliable research has been done on the prevalence of depression and suicide in PWS? Does it exceed the rates for fluent speakers of the same sex, nationality and age group? My concern was raised some years ago when told about cases of teens committing suicide because of their stutter. Depression & melancholy seem common to many famous PWS; Examples include Winston Churchill & his "black dog".
I am a senior PWS involved with PWS self-help. I have learned to accept that even though I have benefitted from therapy, I will always stutter. But I struggle with depression & now feel that this is a more serious problem than my stutter (though severe for my first 40 years) ever was.