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ArticleDisability and rehabilitation2026

"I wanna just not go, because maybe I'm sad" - views on depression from the perspective of people with aphasia, their care partners, and speech-language pathologists.

Eleanor Siegle, Stewart A Shankman, Madhu Reddy, James W Griffith, Sameer A Ashaie

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Eleanor SiegleThink and Speak Lab, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL, USA.
Stewart A ShankmanStephen M. Stahl Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Madhu ReddyDepartment of Informatics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
James W GriffithObstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Sameer A AshaieThink and Speak Lab, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL, USA.

Funding

Technology Development ComponentP2CHD101899 · NICHD · REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO D/B/A SHIRLEY RYAN ABILITYLAB · PI JAYARAMAN, ARUN · 2020 to 2024
$5.6M
Developing a daily life measure of depression for persons with aphasia and examining its relation with communicative confidenceK23DC020757 · NIDCD · REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO D/B/A SHIRLEY RYAN ABILITYLAB · PI Sameer Afzal Ashaie · 2023 to 2026
$674k
NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD101899NIDCD NIH HHS K23 DC020757
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Abstract

purposePeople with stroke aphasia are often excluded from studies of depression because of their language difficulties. Research on individuals without aphasia suggests that different individuals' experiences with depression can impact their depression management. We conducted a qualitative study to explore experiences with depression as viewed by people with aphasia, their care partners, and speech-language pathologists (SLPs)

methodsSeparate focus groups included people with aphasia (

resultsThe researchers generated five themes: (1) the reinforcing cycle of depression and aphasia, (2) depression affects the whole person, (3) symptoms fluctuate, (4) social participation could either protect from or lead to depression depending on the context, and (5) discrepancies on whether people with aphasia shared their feelings related to depression.

conclusionsPeople with aphasia experience depression as an embodied, fluctuating phenomenon that is linked to their communication abilities and social contexts. Results also suggest that depression screening tools should incorporate non-verbal cues and account for symptom variability, while interventions should target the bidirectional relationship between aphasia and depression.

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AphasiaCaregiversDepressionSpeech-Language PathologyStrokeAdultAgedFemaleFocus GroupsHumansMaleMiddle AgedQualitative ResearchSocial ParticipationAphasiacare partnersdepressionmoodphenomenologyreflexivespeech-language pathologiststhematic

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