• Colette Murphy, USI VP Welfare 23/24
    27 mins
  • Mental Health Tips For The New College Year
    Oct 3 2023

    In this episode, Sarah Hughes, USI's Mental Health Programme Manager, offers some hints, tips and advice for minding your mental health that might be helpful for both new and returning students. 

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    5 mins
  • KiKi Martire, SpunOut
    28 mins
  • Jo Donohoe, Mental Health Ireland
    31 mins
  • Treasa Fox, PCHEI & TUS Midlands
    Feb 27 2023

    In this episode, Treasa Fox (chair of PCHEI and head of counselling in TUS Athlone talks us through the National Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Framework, of which she was the lead author.

    The transcript for this episode can be found at https://mentalhealth.usi.ie/podcast/

    Useful links:
    PCHEI: https://www.pchei.ie/

    National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Framework: https://hea.ie/assets/uploads/2020/10/HEA-NSMHS-Framework.pdf

    3SET project: https://www.tcd.ie/Student_Counselling/3set/

    List of counselling services available through PCHEI: https://www.pchei.ie/index.php/students1/student-counselling

    USI Mental Health Website: https://mentalhealth.usi.ie/ 

    USI Mental Health Social Media: https://twitter.com/MentalHealthUSI 

    Sources of Help & Support for your mental health: https://mentalhealth.usi.ie/i-need-help/help-in-a-mental-health-emergency/ 

    National Office for Suicide Prevention: https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/4/mental-health-services/nosp/

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    25 mins
  • Suzanne Ennis - Turn2Me Online Counselling
    Feb 4 2022

    Sarah Hughes speaks to Suzanne Ennis about Turn2Me online counselling services.

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    23 mins
  • S2 E3 Moninne Griffiths
    Jan 18 2022

    Hello, and welcome to season two, episode three of Connecting Minds. I'm your host, Sarah Hughes. I'm delighted to be introducing you today to Moninne Griffith, CEO of BeLonG To the Irish LGBT youth organization for people aged 14 to 23. Welcome Moninne. You're very welcome. Thanks very much for joining us today...


    Useful links:

    List of counselling services available through PCHEI: https://www.pchei.ie/index.php/students1/student-counselling

    USI Mental Health Website: https://mentalhealth.usi.ie/ 

    USI Mental Health Social Media: https://twitter.com/MentalHealthUSI 

    Sources of Help & Support for your mental health: https://mentalhealth.usi.ie/i-need-help/help-in-a-mental-health-emergency/ 

    National Office for Suicide Prevention: https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/4/mental-health-services/nosp/

    BeLonG To website: https://www.BeLonG To.org/

    BeLonG To social media: https://twitter.com/BeLonG_To/; https://www.facebook.com/BeLonG Toyouthservices/; https://www.instagram.com/BeLonG Toyouthservices/

    LGBT Ireland report: https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/4/mental-health-services/connecting-for-life/publications/lgbt-ireland-report.html 



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    22 mins
  • Season 2 Episode 2: Peer Mentoring and The 3Set Project
    Dec 20 2021

    Season 2 Episode 2: Peer Mentoring and The 3Set Project

    students, student, volunteers, mentors, people, support, package, groups, first year students, project, hear, advisory group, meeting, important, resources, peer, institutes, work, transition, peer support program

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    24 mins