6: Episode 4: Stigma

This episode turns the lens on ourselves: because while the mental health system needs to be fixed, we have to look at our role in that as a society. 

We need to ask ourselves: do we have an epidemic of mental health problems in Ireland? How do we contribute to poor mental health through stigma, and through creating policies and planning for a society that doesn’t put people at the centre? And we need to ask, how do we collectively build communities and systems that catch people when they fall?

In this episode, we speak to Brian Higgins, CEO of Pieta House, Shari McDaid, CEO of Mental Health Reform, Dominic Laydon, CEO of Aware; and Leon tells his personal story of facing stigma within and outside of the system.

Credits:

Artwork: Natalie Keville

Music: Larry Goldings: Radio Music Vol. 1, Migrant song

Moby: Long Ambients

Moby: Hotel Ambient, The Come Down

Moby: Hotel Ambient, Spaired Long

Alison Leyton-Brown: Music from This American Life, my shadow

Producer: Ciara O’Connor Walsh

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And this podcast was recorded in Camden Recording Studios, with thanks to Jack Power.