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Donal Scanlon

Donal Scanlon

Head of Mental Health First Aid Ireland, leading the national evidence-based mental health training programme.

Sep 20, 2026

24:36
I mean, you did say that when people are asked, what do you think mental health is, they tend to lean straight to mental illness, in fact.
24:44
Yeah, I mean, I think when you ask somebody, just the average person in the street, what's the first thing that comes to mind when you think about mental health? They'll often think about anxiety, depression or crises such as suicide or panic attacks.
24:55
And that's not untrue.
24:56
It's still part of the spectrum of mental health problems and how mental health difficulties can manifest.
25:03
But mental health is so much more than that.
25:05
It's how we think about ourselves.
25:06
It's how we feel about ourselves and how we interact with our daily lives, our thoughts, our feelings, our behaviours.

6 MINS LATER

31:35
And people are a little fearful of that.

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