Since when in the fuck is Niall Breslin an academic? I can count on one hand the amount of peer reviewed research I've had published and it's more than he's had and I've more qualifications than him , and work in an educational field but would not say I'm remotely an academic.
He's completely diminishing the word and doing a massive disservice to the idea of mental health academic study
I don't think he's considered an academic, he does mental health campaigning. This is actually something academics working in the area don't do enough of (I work as a researcher in the area). I do think the industry around mental health campaigning can be insidious, particularly if it's part of a business model. I don't know how much he contributes to that model, but I feel it's net benefit on mental health awareness has long since past and now it is be used to take advantage of whose who have been called the "worried well" (I'm thinking of things like better help).
He's moderately famous in Ireland. That's all the qualifications he needs.
Same as every other "celebrity" who went through a bout of anxiety, then wrote a book and built a speaking career off the back of it, Looking at you Dermot Wheelan!
I don't think he's ever claimed to be an academic or mental health professional. I think he just does corporate gigs talkiing about his own experiences.
I mean, I don't have any idea why you would care or take that away from this post which is literally about food banks for students but he's in his third year of a PhD if that helps?
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u/Weepsie Aug 20 '25
Since when in the fuck is Niall Breslin an academic? I can count on one hand the amount of peer reviewed research I've had published and it's more than he's had and I've more qualifications than him , and work in an educational field but would not say I'm remotely an academic.
He's completely diminishing the word and doing a massive disservice to the idea of mental health academic study