Mental Illness Happy Hour
Hosted by Paul · Paul Gilmartin
4.8from 6,672 ratings
- 717
- Episodes
- 139
- Transcribed
- 6,672
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2012
- First episode
- 85K
- YouTube views
About Mental Illness Happy Hour
"Remarkable" - Psychology Today"A vital, compassionate gem that fills a desperate and under-addressed need in our society." - Esquire "A perversely safe place in which he and his guests talk about their fears, addictions and traumatic childhoods." - NY Times"Gilmartin makes a conscious effort to explore stories that aren’t black and white" - Slate Magazine"Praised by listeners all over the world" - Atlantic Monthly Named To Top Health Podcast List by: NY Times, Esquire, Slate, Oprah Magazine, Women's Health, Onion A.V. Club, Apple Podcast Staff
- Publisher
- Paul Gilmartin
- Category
- health & fitness · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 2 Dec 2012
- Latest episode
- 18 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
139 of 717 episodes have a transcript.
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
#818 Social Anxiety & Selective Mutism in Children - Dr. Melissa Giglio
11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
#817 Rumination, Anxiety & Exposure Therapy - Kimberley Quinlan Returns
4 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
#816 Meaning vs Success - Jim Murphy
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#818 Social Anxiety & Selective Mutism in Children - Dr. Melissa Giglio
Published 18 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You know, we have kids who are able to act on stage, which is something. I mean, you talk about going from zero to 100. Exactly. Exactly. But it's in them. You know, and then what I tell parents, too, is like my goal is not to make your kid an extrovert. You know, I'm an extrovert. That's not it. I want them to be how they are and who they are when they're most comfortable in more places. That's the goal. We want them to be the person that they are when they're at their best. And we want other people to get to see it. We want them to share ideas and make connections and say, do you want to play with me and make friends? […]
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- Dr Melissa Giglio
- Kimberley Quinlan
- Jim Murphy
- Liz Tenuto
- Shermin Kruse
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 84,861
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 5,796 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 876 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 94 / 100
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- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 91
- YouTube
- 85
- Engagement
- 100
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