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The Problem Gambling Podcast Episode 8 – Interview with Matt Gaskell

Interview with Matt Gaskell, Consultant Psychologist and Clinical Lead for the NHS Northern Gambling Service. In this episode, we discuss some of the common psychological drivers of a gambling problem, such as reinforcement, and how this is enabled by gambling operators. The show is co-presented by addiction counsellors Tony O’Reilly and Barry Grant, who work […]

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The Problem Gambling Podcast Episode 7- Interview with Patrick O’Neill

Podcast, Abuse (Podcast), Addiction / Helplink Admin

In this episode of the podcast, Tony O’Reilly interviews Patrick O’Neill about his lived experience of gambling addiction and mental health advocacy campaigning. Patrick also discusses the impact of childhood sexual abuse on his mental health. Connect is a free telephone counselling and support service for any adult who has experienced abuse, trauma or neglect

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The Problem Gambling Podcast Episode 6- Challenging Irrational Beliefs

Podcast, Addiction / Helplink Admin

In this episode of the podcast, co-hosts, Barry Grant and Tony O’Reilly, discuss some of the common irrational beliefs experienced by people with gambling problems, as well as looking at self-talk strategies for challenging those beliefs. This podcast is an awareness raising project of registered charities Problem Gambling Ireland and Extern.See more at https://www.problemgambling.ie/

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The Problem Gambling Podcast Episode 5- Interview with Darren Skelton

Podcast, Addiction / Helplink Admin

Interview with Darren Skelton- journalist, stand up comedian and podcaster- discussing his lived experience of problem gambling and his thoughts on the gambling industry’s ‘tricks of the trade’. Check out Darren’s podcast, ‘The Electric Brush’, and follow him on Twitter.Presented by addiction counsellor, Barry Grant, and addiction counsellor, author and expert by lived experience, Tony

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The Problem Gambling Podcast Episode 4- Professor Colin O’Gara Interview

Podcast, Addiction / Helplink Admin

Interview with Professor Colin O’Gara, Consultant Psychiatrist and Head of Addiction Services at St John. of God’s Hospital in Dublin. Colin is also a Clinical Professor at University College Dublin and the author of ‘Gambling Addiction in Ireland: Causes, Consequences and Recovery.’ In this episode, we discuss the causes of a gambling problem, along with

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The Problem Gambling Podcast Episode 3- Tony Kelly Interview

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Tony Kelly Interview Interview with former professional footballer, Tony Kelly. Tony is in recovery from a gambling problem, and played with Stoke City, Bury, Leyton, Orient and Bristol City (among others). He is the author of the book ‘Red Card’ and founder of Kelly’s Red Card Consultancy, which provides educational services for problem gambling harm

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Where There’s A Will. Bonus: Live @ First Fortnight

Podcast, Mental Health Policy / Helplink Admin

This live panel discussion is the final, live bonus episode of this podcast series. This event is an interactive dialogue on the mental health system in Ireland facilitated by A Lust for Life- tackling stigma, shame and structural problems in the Irish Mental Health System. The panel discussion tackles the themes arising from the podcast

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Where There’s A Will. Episode 06: The Future is Unwritten

Podcast, Emotional Wellbeing, Mental Health Policy / Helplink Admin

Every system is built on an invisible foundation, supported by invisible scaffolding, which is our cultural understanding of mental health. If our system isn’t fir for purpose, what culture, what beliefs are shoring up this system? In this final episode in the six-part series of Where There’s A Will, we will try and shine a

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Where There’s A Will. Episode 05: If You Tolerate This

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Children are the most precious and vulnerable members of our society. They are a blank slate- they come into the world with no hang ups, preconceptions, fears or worries. We teach them all that. But more and more, our children are finding it hard to cope. Childhood, this precious, carefree time is becoming a tougher

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Where There’s A Will. Episode 04: Stigma

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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,

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Where There’s A Will. Episode 03: Waiting on the World to Change

Podcast, Mental Health Policy / Helplink Admin

In this episode, we look at Irish mental health policy. We dive into its details and untangle its logic. We’ll examine our mental health system’s architectural drawings- the political drivers behind it, where it has fallen down, and what is needed now, in 2018, to create a new roadmap for Ireland’s mental health. In this

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Where There’s A Will. Episode 02: System Of A Down

Podcast, Mental Health Policy / Helplink Admin

In this episode, we pull back the curtain and see the inner workings of our mental health system, its origins and legacies. We’ll learn what happened when Ireland moved to close our old asylum system and create something new. And we’ll look at what we are left with now: the problems, the waiting lists and

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