Speech-language pathologists’ perspectives on barriers to recognizing depression in people with aphasia: a reflexive thematic analysis

Our findings identify several key barriers that SLPs face in the recognition of depression in people with aphasia. Recognizing depression in people with aphasia requires a more interdisciplinary approach that includes SLPs, mental health clinicians, patients, and their family members. Speech-language pathologists across focus groups also noted the lack of valid assessment tools to measure depression in people with aphasia, offering suggestions to improve current assessments to better accommodate this population.