As a 44 yr. old man who has a extremely nasty stuttering, suicidal thoughts cross my mind every day....I won't go to hell for going through with it--Im in hell already!!! I have gone to so much speech therapy already---and every time I do--it's always a relapse...so you MIGHt want to have your son try therapy-but keep in mind...techniques will have to be uses OUTSIDE the therapy environment...techniques that will make one probably sound very awkward but at the same time reduce stuttering! But be mindful of a relapse when going for therapy.....therapy will require your son to think of techniques to use outside the clinic be to fluent...while everyone will be speaking spontaneously.........it was a nightmare for me----which is why I never have thought of going to therapy again.....and I will have suicidal thoughts on a daily basis.....I haven't told anybody about it except this post...as it relates to stuttering and suicide...I would take suicide over suffering daily!!!! No one should have to live with stuttering so bad that it makes them wish they werent alive!