Amicus cum Laude: Ethnodramatic Inquiry Regarding Sharing Mental Health in College. (December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hall, Robert D.
• Is Part Of: Qualitative health research. Volume 30:Number 14(2020)
• Page Start: 2173
• Page End: 2191
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Subjects: ethnodrama -- communication -- mental health and illness -- United States; Health -- Periodicals; Health behavior -- Periodicals; Health -- Research -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Health behavior -- Research -- Methodology -- Periodicals; 610.7205
• DOI: 10.1177/1049732320945983
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1049-7323

Abstract

In this manuscript, I utilize an ethnodramatic methodology in reanalyzing two data sets about college friends disclosing and receiving mental health-related information. After describing ethnodrama and how this methodology applies to mental health–related inquiry, I detail my process of creating an ethnodrama from two extant data sets. The result is an ethnodrama called Amicus cum Laude: Becoming a Friend with Honor for Mental Illness, a one-act play about how friends discuss mental health issues with one another. After providing the ethnodrama, I offer recommendations for taking the ethnodrama from page to stage while reflecting on and critiquing the final product.