A new survey carried out in Northern Ireland and the border counties of the Republic suggests that a considerable number of people suffer mental health problems which it attributes directly to the Troubles.
3,000 people were surveyed, and one in ten reported symptoms that are suggestive of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The survey is the work of researchers at the School of Psychology at Queen's University in Belfast. They called it The Legacy of the Troubles Project.
It found that mental health issues were twice as common in Northern Ireland compared to the six counties immediately south of the border.
Orla Muldoon, a senior lecturer at Queen's, says the survey's findings indicate the scale of trauma caused by the Troubles.
It also shows that the effects of the conflict have not been felt evenly across the population.
