Lawyer Mental Health Resources
Addiction and Substance Dependence
General
Drug Abuse and Addiction. Help Guide.
Lawyers and Addiction
Drug and Alcohol Abuse & Addiction in the Legal Profession - Legal Profession Assistance Conference
Drug Abuse Dependence - American Bar Association
Seven Ways to Help Lawyers with Addiction - The Globe and Mail
Attorneys and Substance Abuse - The Butler Center for Research at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
The Prevalence of Substance Use and Other Mental Health Concerns Among American Attorneys - Journal of Addiction Medicine
Neurobiologic Advances from the Brain Disease Model of Addictions - The New England Journal of Medicine
You’re in Recovery and Starting Law School – Now What? - Above the Law
Addiction in the Legal Profession - American Addiction Centre
Stress Leaves Lawyers Prone to Addiction. Kendyl Sebesta. September 3, 2012
Drug and Alcohol Abuse in the Legal Profession – Why Lawyers are at Increased Risk for Addiction - Psychology Today
The Most Terrifying Part of My Drug Addiction? That my Law Firm Would Find Out- The Washington Post
Other Addictions
20 Questions - Alberta Gamblers Anonymous
Gambling Addiction in the Legal Profession. - Above the Law
Are You a Workaholic? Time to Take Charge of Your Worklife. - Psychology Today
Workaholic or Working Long Hours—What’s the Difference? - New Zealand Law Society
How Being a Workaholic Differs from Working Long Hours—and Why That Matters for Your Health.- Harvard Business Review
Anxiety
General Information
Generalized Anxiety Disorder - The Mayo Clinic
Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder - The Help Guide
Phobias and Irrational Fears - The Help Guide
Lawyers and Anxiety
Perfection, Self-Doubt and Mental Health in the Legal Profession - The Canadian Lawyer
Anxiety Fact Sheet - LawCare.org.uk
How Lawyers Can Avoid Burnout and Debilitating Anxiety - ABA Journal
Lawyers and Anxiety: Three Case Studies - The Canadian Bar Association
Stress, Anxiety, Substance Abuse? Self-help Tips to Adopt Now - The American Bar Association
Bias
New implicit-bias tool offers insight and answers
Burnout
Burned Out? Nine Ways to Reignite Your Professional Passion
How to Recognize and Prevent Lawyer Burnout
I Fought the Law and the Law Won: My Burnout Story
Coping with Stress and Avoiding Burnout: Techniques for Lawyers
Keeping the Fire Burning: Stopping Lawyer Burnout
Compassion Fatigue in the Legal Profession
Keeping Legal Minds Intact: Mitigating Compassion Fatigue among Legal Professionals
Secondary Traumatic Stress and Family Lawyers
How to Avoid “Secondary Trauma: as a Family Law Practitioner
The Impact of Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Family Attorneys Working with Trauma-Exposed Clients: Implications for Practice and Professional Responsibility. Jennifer Brobst. 2014 (sign in to create a free account)
Depression
General
Helping Someone with Depression -HelpGuide
Depression in Women - HelpGuide
Depression in Men - HelpGuide
Depression Symptoms and Warning Signs - HelpGuide
Helping Someone with Depression - HelpGuide
Lawyers and Depression
Managing the Weight of Depression - Law Practice Today
Mental Health’s Toll. Canadian Lawyer
High-Pressure Law Jobs Linked with Depression. Canadian Lawyer -The Canadian Lawyer
Lawyers and Depression: Three Case Studies - Canadian Bar Association
The Mental Health Crisis in Law - Law and Style
Killing Ourselves: Depression as an Institutional, Workplace and Professionalism Problem - Megan Seto - Western Journal of Legal Studies
Why So Many Lawyers Suffer From So Much Depression. Lawyers with Depression.
Lawyers Helping Lawyers: How to Start a Depression Support Group in Your Bar Community - Lawyers with Depression
The Depressed Lawyer - Psychology Today
Imposter Syndrome
General
Lawyers
Recognizing the Reality of Imposter Syndrome
Are You a Great Lawyer? Or an Imposter
How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome as a Young Lawyer
A Call to Deal with Imposter Syndrome, a Hidden Source of Attorney Distress
The Imposter Syndrome Prescription
The Imposter Syndrome is Real, but It Can Be Overcome
Happiness / Satisfaction
What Makes Lawyers Happy? Transcending the Anecdotes with Data from 6200 Lawyers
Teaching Lawyers About Happiness
Lawyers and the Pursuit of Happiness
Lawyers And Their Elusive Pursuit Of Happiness: Does It Matter?
Lawyer Personality
Herding Cats: The Lawyer Personality Revealed
The Lawyer Personality – How Your Personality Affects Your Practice
The Lawyer’s Paradox: The Link Between Personality and Psychopathology in Lawyers
What Your Personality Type Says About You as a Lawyer
Finding a Legal Specialty Appealing to the Core of your Personality
Difficult Personality Traits Made Easy: How to Work Well with Others Who Challenge You
Learning and Lawyering Across Personality Types. Ian Weinstein
Leaving the Law: Find Work and a Life Beyond the Billable Hour
Lawyer Mental Health Issues
General
Mental Health and Wellness in the Legal Profession: An Online Course
Addressing the Elephant in the Legal Profession: The Lawyers’ Struggle with Mental Health
The Science Behind the Attorney Mental Health Crisis
The Unspoken Cost of the Unwell Lawyer
Mental Health in the Legal Profession: Are We Asking the Right Questions?
Elevated Incidence of Mental Illness in the Legal Profession
Lawyers: Are We a Profession In Distress?
Ending the Epidemic of Lawyers’ Depression and Substance Abuse Disorders
Ten Tips for Lawyers Dealing with Stress, Mental Health, and Substance Use Issues
The Mental-Health Crisis in Law
Escaping from Lawyers’ Prison of Fear
Lawyering Stress and Work Culture: An Australian Study
The Prevalence of Substance Use and Other Mental Health Concerns Among American Attorneys
Why We Need to Talk About Lawyers’ Mental Health Now
The Future of the Legal Profession
Epidemic in the Legal Profession (Part 1 and 2)
Loneliness
Lawyer Loneliness: Facing and fighting 'No. 1 Public Health Issue
Lawyers Rank Highest on ‘Loneliness Scale,’ Study Finds
Lonely Lawyers: Feeling Isolated + Identifying Support
Over-functioning
Perfectionism
The Enemy of The Good: Perfectionism, Self-Doubt And Mental Health In The Legal Profession
Self-Compassion Counterbalances Maladaptive Perfectionism. Christopher Bergland
‘Big Law Killed my Husband’: An Open Letter from a Sidley Partner’s Widow
The American Lawyer The Trillion Dollar Taboo: Why Its Time to Stop Ignoring Mental Health at Work
We Can All Identify with Gabe MacConaill
Shame & Stigma
Confronting the Mental Health Stigma in the Legal Profession - Lexpert
Stigma: Depression in the Legal Profession - Ontario Bar Association
Reducing the Stigma: The Deadly Effect of Untreated Mental Illness and New Strategies for Changing Outcomes in Law Students - William Mitchell Law Review
There is No More Shame in Mental Illness Than Having Tonsillitis -The Guardian
Mental Illness and Lawyers: Moving from Stigma to Solutions - Practice Pro
I confess, I was Ashamed of Living with Mental Illness - Arthur Gallant - HuffPost
Transcending Shame: One Lawyer’s Journey - Psychology Today
Stress
General
Stress. CAMH.
Canadian Employees Report Workplace Stress as Primary Cause of Mental Health Concerns
Researchers Find Out Why Some Stress is Good for You
Stress: Definition and History
Stress and Burnout: Know Your Limits
Lawyers
The Day-to-day Stresses and Challenges of Being a Lawyer
Big Law Leaders Say Stress is Main Cause of Addiction and Mental Health Problems