On Feburary 9th, we hosted our first webinar of the year on ‘Earthquake in Slow Motion: The Psychosocial and Mental Health Impact of Ireland’s Defective Concrete Crisis.’
Oisin Keenan (PhD researcher, Ulster University) and Professor Karen Kirby (Professor of Psychology, Ulster University) presented their initial findings on the psychological and family impacts of Ireland’s defective concrete crisis.
As their paper explains “The use of defective concrete in the construction of homes and businesses in the Republic of Ireland has resulted in widespread property deterioration, displacement, economic shock and psychological distress for thousands of families.”
The purpose of study, conducted with a sample of almost 400 persons, “was to estimate the point prevalence estimates of depression, anxiety, traumatic stress, and suicidal ideation among a sample of the affected population and identify the primary socio-demographic and DCC-related risk variables that have influenced mental health outcomes, while adjusting for previous trauma history.”
All-Island Social Security Network 