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Interview 12 - Professor Patricia Casey - On Suicide


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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?
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