" "One in four lawyers suffers from stress, and of 105 occupations, lawyers in the first place in the depression. Moreover, a disproportionate number of lawyers commit suicide. These are some of the disturbing conclusions that are in various studies of addiction and depression. "" reports Robert Stein, ABA Executive Director, in the June 2005 edition of the ABA Journal.
The cost of stress, alcoholism, drug abuse and is very high for the legal profession. The American Bar Association and all state bar associations have "a lawyer assistance programs that can help to deal with" impaired "lawyers. Most of these programs are also the issues of clinical depression and disturbances in connection with gambling, sex and food .
If you do not recognize the significance of this alarming situation, the view that in your important legal issues affected by a lawyer. It could cost thousands of dollars or even your freedom if you or your interests are not protected by competent lawyers. The State of California, is a prerequisite for the continuation of legal education (CLE's), a minimum of 1 hour every 3 years on stress management or drug abuse for all licensed, practicing attorneys, for their license to practice law.
The practice of law is inherently stressful. Much of the time lawyers are fighting with other lawyers for their clients best interests. Trail attorneys must think quickly and with precision and skill in the courtroom. Corporate lawyers have to deal with legal information, the attention and care. The competition, to be successful as a lawyer can cause stress, anxiety, depression and drug abuse.
People are prepared attorneys often deal with stress at school and legal in the multi-day tests, which is necessary in order "at the bar." "The problems of stress in law school, the future lawyers to practice bad habits in dealing with stress and anxiety for the profession. Some law schools offer courses for the life management skills to better prepare their students to be able to access the highest level for their clients and for their quality of life.
Because lawyers are, to be exact, and their cerebral skills for daily work, they are often in denial regarding the needs for stress and anxiety management to bad habits or symptoms cause significant challenges. Also, the managing general partner in major law firms have made great professional and personal interest in relation to "interference" within their organizations. An unintentional error or oversight, a law firm on their own costly litigation for malpractice. Many of the managing partners are the lawyers that their practice of preventive measures to combat stress, anxiety and depression. These can be found in the group training, individual coaching or EAP. Coaching can also be improvements to time management, improving communication skills and long-term career planning. An interesting and unexpected advantage of this training and coaching is that the preventive work actually save time and energy attorneys by helping to minimize the effects of disturbance due to stress. This improves the performance and can be used to increase profitability. Key personnel are important goods and professional coaching and mentoring programs have huge cost advantages.
Everyone, including lawyers, professional help to get through the difficult times. Attorneys only seem to require more attention, as they work to survive, at the highest level of functioning in the "meat grinder" of their professional lives. Most people who know practicing lawyers know that their lawyer friends or family members can benefit from a sense of humor and a better stress management. In more and more frequently, law firms with a retreat to de-compress and then on business planning.
More information can be found in the article by Robert Stein at
http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/colap/ABAJournal200506_Help.html
John L. Mason, Ph.D. is the author of the bestseller "Guide to Stress Reduction. "" Since 1977, he has offered Executive Coaching and Training.
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