Daft Property - Irish Property News

Depression surge in rich suburbs over cash worries... Affluent areas see huge jump in demand for mental health services. The number of anxiety and depression disorders in the country's richest neighbourhood has more than doubled since the recession. People worried about their mortgages, losing their jobs and paying private school fees in Dalkey, Blackrock, and Dun Laoghaire, are flocking to their GPs for treatment for mental health conditions. Householders living in the affluent neighbourhood, which is home to U2's Bono, Enya, and film director Neil Jordan, are becoming ill as they struggle to pay their bills. The clinical director of the Cluain Mhuire Community Mental Health Services for Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Dr Siobhan Barry, said there has been a huge jump in the number of referrals to their services between 2008 and 2009, when the recession hit the country. The remarkable increase in the numbers attending the public service is also thought to be caused by an i...