Tallaght population post-recession study reveals high levels of stress across the community and particularly deprived areas

A new report has found increased levels of public satisfaction with the services at Tallaght University Hospital but that a lack of mental health services is leading to increasing levels of stress and psychological ill health particularly in deprived areas.

Commissioned by the Meath Foundation and presented at the annual Meath Research Symposium at Tallaght University Hospital, the study “Physical and Mental Health in Post-Recession Ireland: A Community Study from Tallaght, Dublin” surveyed over 350 homes and found carer burden to be the single largest factor impacting on well-being in the area.