Being a psychiatric nurse is a privilege. Everyone has the right to live a mentally healthy life and feel empowered to achieve whatever they’re capable of. And when someone needs a little help to get to that point, nurses are there to help.
In this series, we will bring you inside the doors of St Patrick’s Mental Health Services, meeting nurses from across the service, and some of the people who have spent time in their care.
Together, we shed light on what it really means to be a mental health nurse today – the rewards and challenges of the role, the deep impact that nurses can make, and where psychiatric nursing is going in the future.
Whether you're a seasoned nurse, a nursing student, or a mental health advocate, Mental Health Conversations brings us together to be informed, inspired and empowered.
Mental Health Conversations is a brand new podcast series brought to you by St Patrick’s Mental Health Services, Ireland’s largest independent mental health service.
Shane Kirwan and Frankie Prendergast discuss the future of nursing with St Patrick's Mental Health Services, highlighting innovative technology advancements and strategies to improve recruitment and perception of mental healthcare.
6 Dec 2024
Ep5 - Advancing mental healthcare through research
Aoife Farrington discusses how her colleagues at St Patrick's Mental Health Services advance mental healthcare through research, sharing practical insights and benefits for nurses and service users.
22 Nov 2024
Ep4 - Self-care in nursing: Prioritizing wellbeing for better care
Mental health nursing expert, Jane Smith RN, explores the importance of self-care strategies for nurses to maintain their wellbeing and deliver better care.
7 Nov 2024
Ep3 - Caring for adults with anxiety through CBT and Virtual Reality
Anxiety disorders can have a profound effect on our lives, and at St Patrick’s Mental Health Services, we offer specialised treatment for people experiencing them. On this episode of Mental Health Conversations, Shane Kirwan meets Frank Smith, Clinical Nurse Manager 2 on our Anxiety Disorders Programme. They discuss the various difficulties that the programme is designed to treat, some of the key ideas behind Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), how care is structured and what it involves. We a...
24 Oct 2024
Ep2 - Providing care for adults with eating disorders
In St Patrick’s Mental Health Services, we offer a range of specialist services designed to meet the care needs of service users experiencing certain mental health difficulties. One of these specialities is our Eating Disorders Service which provides care for adults who have eating difficulties. On this episode of Mental Health Conversations, host Aoife Farrington meets Gráinne O’Connor, Clinical Nurse Manager of our Eating Disorder Day Care Programme. Gráinne describes what the programme inv...
9 Oct 2024
Ep1 - A day in the life of a mental health nurse
The role of the mental health nurse involves many things, but, at the core, it’s all about helping people to get better. In this episode of Mental Health Conversations, Clinical Nurse Manager Jenny Judge describes the day-to-day aspects of her job, what she finds rewarding about her role, and the positive impact that she hopes to have on the people in her care. We hear a powerful story from Jude McCarthy, a former service user, about her time in St Patrick’s – what led to her admission, ...
8 Oct 2024
Introducing Mental Health Conversations
An introduction to this brand new podcast series, brought to you by St Patrick’s Mental Health Services, Ireland’s largest independent mental health service.
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