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...
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 also hear stories of successful recovery. More recently, Virtual Reality (VR) technology has been emerging as a way of supporting treatment of certain anxiety-related conditions, such as phobias. Frank describes an innovative new VR treatment being used in St Patrick’s, and we hear a first-hand account of the technology in action with Orlaith Grehan of our Communications team. We also explore two of the other specialised services and treatments that we offer in St Patrick’s by visiting our special care unit and learning more about Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). 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.
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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 involves, the nature of the care it provides, and how it feels to watch service users recover. Aoife also meets two members of the team behind the Eating Disorder Aftercare Programme, dietician Laura Crotty and manager Megan Strickland, to explore how having ongoing connection and peer support makes a real difference to long-term recovery.Also, a big focus in healthcare currently is the multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary approach. This refers to a group of professionals from various disciplines who meet regularly to discuss the care needs of a service user and come up with an individualised care plan. We’ll hear a first-hand account of how a multidisciplinary team meeting works in the mental healthcare setting. 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.
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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, the good parts and the challenges, and the critical role that nurses played in her experience, and, ultimately, in her recovery. And host Shane Kirwan takes us on a tour of St Patrick’s University Hospital, where we learn about the service user journey, day-to-day life on the wards, and some of the recreational activities available for our service users to enjoy. 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.
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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.
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.
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