Graphic Novels Dealing with Mental Health

Updated May 17, 2023
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At war with yourself
Williams, Samuel C., author, illustrator.
Paper Book
"I had the idea to make a comic about your experience of PTSD. I'd like to understand more about it and I think it could help other people too." In this illustrated conversation between Samuel C. Williams and his friend, Matt, they talk candidly about Matt's struggles with post...
The bad doctor
Williams, Ian (Physician)
Paper Book
Cartoonist and doctor Ian Williams takes his stethoscope to Dr Iwan James, a rural GP in need of more than a little care himself. Incontinent old ladies, men with eagle tattoos, traumatised widowers, Iwan's patients cause him both empathy and dismay, further complicated by his feelings for his...
Lighter than my shadow
Green, Katie (Illustrator), author, illustrator.
Paper Book
"A gripping graphic novel about a woman's battle with eating disorders." -- The Guardian Like most kids, Katie was a picky eater. She'd sit at the table in silent protest, hide uneaten toast in her bedroom, listen to parental threats that she'd have to eat it for breakfast. But...
Archival quality [electronic resource].
Weir, Ivy Noelle.
Ebook
My lesbian experience with loneliness
Nagata, Kabi, author, illustrator.
Paper Book
HARVEY AWARD WINNER The heart-rending autobiographical manga that's taken the internet by storm! My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness is an honest and heartfelt look at one young woman's exploration of her sexuality, mental well-being, and growing up in our modern age. Told...
My depression a picture book
Swados, Elizabeth.
Paper Book
Liz Swados takes readers on a journey that is achingly familiar to the thousands who suffer from depression and equally poignant for those who do not. Readers feel the weight of her struggle to keep her condition a secret; laugh with her about the strange effects of the new drugs; empathise with the...
The bad doctor
Williams, Ian (Physician) author, illustrator.
Heartstopper
Oseman, Alice
Paper Book
*Now an acclaimed live-action Netflix series!* *Winner of Best Book I Wish I Could Read Again For The First Time - TikTok Book Awards* Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. A bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and...
Mental health issues come up more later on in the series.
How to be ace a memoir of growing up asexual
Burgess, Rebecca author, illustrator.
Paper Book
PRISM AWARDS FINALIST 2021 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS - YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION (YALSA) 2022 "When I was in school, everyone got to a certain age where they became interested in talking about only one thing: boys, girls and sex. Me though? I...
In addition to discussing Burgess' asexuality, this volume also covers Burgess' struggles with anxiety.
Life lessons with uramichi oniisan, volume 1 [electronic resource]
Kuze, Gaku.
Ebook

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