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      ‘Graphic Medicine’ as a Mental Health Information Resource: Insights from Comics Producers

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          Abstract

          Recent literature suggests that a growing number of comics are being published on health-related topics, including aspects of mental health and social care ( Williams 2012; Czerwiec et al 2015) and that comics are increasingly being used in higher education settings as information resources.

          This article offers insights from comics creators and disseminators and explores the wider context of comics production and distribution (with a focus on ‘Graphic Medicine’ or health-related comics) as part of a larger study examination of the interface between these documents and potential academic audiences. Original data was gathered through semi-structured interviews with 15 participants actively involved in comics creation and production. Elements of domain analysis ( Hjørland 2002) were used to obtain insights into attitudes to the creation, dissemination and use of mental health-related comics.

          Though potentially useful comics material is being produced in the mental health domain, significant challenges remain for producers in enabling their work to be accessed within higher education settings. This paper suggests that comics producers need to make a concerted effort to reach academia, and academia – including information professionals – need to embrace new types of material to enhance teaching.

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                Journal
                2048-0792
                The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship
                Open Library of Humanities
                2048-0792
                08 February 2016
                : 6
                : 1
                : 3
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                [-1]Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, GB
                [-2]City University London, GB
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                10.16995/cg.74
                9d33c62f-cbb9-4418-b6fb-f4277737af14
                Copyright: © 2016 The Author(s)

                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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                Literary studies
                mental health,graphic medicine,higher education,interviews,social care
                Literary studies
                mental health, graphic medicine, higher education, interviews, social care

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