Gary Kavanagh sits down with Professor Patricia Casey, head of the self-harm unit in the Matter hospital, to have a wide-ranging discussion on the issue of suicide in Ireland.

They discuss the changing demographics of suicide, the fact men consistently commit suicide at a much higher rate than women, the standard of Irish mental health services and what can be done to improve them, euthanasia as a societally accepted form of suicide, and if the Rubber Bandits are right that young men with mental health issues 'need feminism'.

0:40 - Suicide stats

3:00 - Why has suicide trended upwards over the last 30 years?

6:00 - Alcohol dependence versus binge drinking

8:45 - The gendered nature of suicide

9:45 - Why are men so much more likely to commit suicide?

11:35 - Suicide as a cry for help.

13:40 - The changing demographics of suicide / suicide at a younger age

17:10 - The downgrading of men in media, 'toxic masculinity'.

19:20 - Do young people growing up now have less psychological resilience?

21:40 - Safe spaces and triggers versus controlled exposure to stressors.

22:50 - Freedom as the ability to control yourself.

23:35 - Good emotions versus bad emotions.

25:45 - Do young men need feminism to lower suicide rates? The Rubber Bandits argument

28:25 - Are the religious less prone to suicide due to their sense of community or is it because their religion says suicide is wrong?

31:00 - If you are feeling suicidal what is the most effective way to seek help?

33:05 - How good are Irish mental health provisions?

35:20 - If you have a mental health issue, and need help, but are not immediately suicidal, how good are services? Length of waiting lists.

37:10 - How common is it for someone to commit, with no history of self-harm and no previous contact with mental health supports, to kill themselves?

38:10 - What can be done to lower the suicide rates for those kinds of people?

41:20 - The impact of stress on self-harm and suicide patterns.

43:30 - Rational suicide.

45:15 - Societally approved suicide / euthanasia.

47:10 - Is the amount we, as a society, now focus on suicide a negative?

48:50 - Do suicide prevent charities reduce suicide rates?

50:40 - What should be done to improve the mental health services within the next Government term?

51:45 - Are mental health services moving in the right direction?