Online Mental Health Animations for Young People: Qualitative Empirical Thematic Analysis and Knowledge Transfer

Helen Coughlan   ¹ , BSS, MPhil, PhD ;   David Quin   ² , BA, MARes ;   Kevin O'Brien   ³ , BA, MSc ;   Colm Healy   ¹ , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Jack Deacon   ^{3 *} , BSc ;   Naoise Kavanagh   ^{4 *} , MSc ;   Niamh Humphries   ⁵ , BSocSci, MPhil, PhD ;   Mary C Clarke   ⁶ , BA, MSc, PhD ;   Mary Cannon   ¹ , MB, BCh, BAO, MSc, PhD

¹ Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Department of Psychiatry, Dublin 9, Ireland

² Department of Film and Media, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland

³ SpunOut.ie, Dublin, Ireland

⁴ Jigsaw, The National Centre for Youth Mental Health, Dublin, Ireland

⁵ Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

⁶ Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland

*these authors contributed equally