Recovering from mental illness and suicidal behaviour in a culturally diverse context: the use of digital storytelling in cross-cultural medical humanities and mental health
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Colucci, E. and McDonough, S. 2019. Recovering from mental illness and suicidal behaviour in a culturally diverse context: the use of digital storytelling in cross-cultural medical humanities and mental health. in: Lo, V., Berry, C. and Liping, G. (ed.) Film and the Chinese Medical Humanities United Kingdom Routledge. pp. 205-225
Chapter title | Recovering from mental illness and suicidal behaviour in a culturally diverse context: the use of digital storytelling in cross-cultural medical humanities and mental health |
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Authors | Colucci, E. and McDonough, S. |
Abstract | en people of immigrant and refugee background, with a lived experience of mental health or emotional issues, participated in a four-day digital storytelling workshop, to create a story that expressed something about their personal encounters with mental ill-health and recovery. As many other DST projects have done before, this project used the power of first-person narratives and provided an opportunity for ‘unheard voices to be heard’.The storytellers were supported to create their own accounts, share their experiences (in mainstream media, in policy and service settings, and for practitioner education), grow in self-confidence, and develop other capabilities.This chapter describes the DST process and discusses its impact from the perspective of the two project coordinators in consultation with six participants, five as storytellers and one support person. It also provides the perspective of a Mandarin-speaking participant in depth. The digital stories can be |
Page range | 205-225 |
Book title | Film and the Chinese Medical Humanities |
Editors | Lo, V., Berry, C. and Liping, G. |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
Series | Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies |
ISBN | |
Hardcover | 9781138580299 |
Electronic | 9780429507465 |
Publication dates | |
20 Nov 2019 | |
Online | 06 Dec 2019 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 30 Jan 2020 |
Accepted | 20 Sep 2019 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License |
Copyright Statement | This is a published version of a book chapter published by Routledge in Film and the Chinese Medical Humanities on 20/12/2019, available online: http://www.routledge.com/9781138580299 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429507465/chapters/10.4324/9780429507465-18 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429507465-18 |
Language | English |
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