Literature on Substance Use and Mental Health Issues in the Legal Profession
- Pamela Bucy Pierson, Ashley Hamilton, Michael Pepper, Megan Root, Stress Hardiness and Lawyers, Journal of the Legal Profession, Vol. 42, 2018 U of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper No. 3120491.
- 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (September 2017)
- Preventing suicide among men in the middle years: Recommendations for suicide prevention programs. Suicide Prevention Resource Center, Waltham, MA: Education Development Center, Inc. (2016).
- Jerome M. Organ, David B. Jaffe, and Katherine M. Bender, Ph.D., Suffering in Silence: The Survey of Law Student Well-Being and the Reluctance of Law Students to Seek Help for Substance Use and Mental Health Concerns, Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 66 No. 1 (Autumn 2016).
- Lambert, Caralee (August 2016) A Perspective From Bar Counsel’s Office: Addressing Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues. Idaho State Bar, The Advocate, pg. 31.
- Krill, Patrick R. JD, LLM; Johnson, Ryan MA; Albert, Linda MSSW (February 2016) The Prevalence of Substance Use and Other Mental Health Concerns Among American Attorneys. Journal of Addiction Medicine. Volume 10 - Issue 1 - p 46–52
- Jane A. Weiss M.D., ASAM, ABAM (Winter 2016) Addiction and Treatment in a Professional Population. The Mississippi Lawyer, pg. 30.
- Jerome M. Organ, David B. Jaffe, and Katherine M. Bender, Ph.D. (December 2015) Helping Law Students Get the Help They Need: An Analysis of Data Regarding Law Students’ Reluctance to Seek Help and Policy Recommendations for a Variety of Stakeholders. The Bar Examiner.
- Krill, Patrick (May-June 2015) The Impaired Professional, Part II The Attorney as Client: Insights for Understanding an Especially Challenged and Challenging Population. Counselor Magazine.
- Krieger, Lawrence S. and Sheldon, Kennon M. (February 2015) What Makes Lawyers Happy?: A Data-Driven Prescription to Redefine Professional Success.The George Washington Law Review, Vol. 83 No. 2.
- Blanc, Tara A. and Merrill, Bruce D. (November 2014) Stress, Ethics, Professionalism Top Attorney Concerns. Arizona Attorney.
Brafford, Anne, Adkins, Sandra and Sanford, Jill (2014) Wellness Booster Kit.
Mauney, Stuart C. The Lawyers’ Epidemic: Depression, Suicide and Substance Abuse. South Carolina Bar HELP Task Force.
Pfeiffer, Sacha (June 27, 2007) Law and a disorder: As profession changes, support group sees more attorneys seeking mental health help. The Boston Globe.
Barnett, Martha W. (2001) Integrating Treatment into the Justice System. American Bar Association: GP/Solo, 18(5).
Seligman, Martin E., Verkuil, Paul R., & Hang, Terry H. (2001) Why Lawyers are Unhappy. Cardozo Law Review, 23:33.
Schiltz, Patrick, J (1999) On Being a Happy, Healthy, and Ethical Member of an Unhappy, Unhealthy, and Unethical Profession. Vanderbilt Law Review, 52:874-81
Benjamin, G., Sales, B & Darling, E (1992) Comprehensive Lawyer Assistance Programs, Justification and Model, Law & Psychology Review, 16:113-136.
Lesnick, Howard; Seitelman, Jeffrey K; and Benjamin S. Siegel. (February 1986) Lawyers and Doctors Face the Perils of Practice. The Hastings Center Report, 16(1):46.
Zimmeran, Isaiah M. (Winter 2000) Isolation in the Judicial Center, Court Review Issue 36-4
Research on Attorney Satisfaction
Jolly-Ryan, Jennifer (2009) Promoting Mental Health In Law School: What Law Schools Can Do For Law Students To Help Them Become Happy, Mentally Healthy Lawyers. University of Louisville Law Review, 48:95.
Markovic, Milan & Gabriele, Plickert (2017) Attorneys' Career Dissatisfaction in the New Normal. Texas A&M University School of Law Reserarch Paper No. 17-47.
Syverud, K., & Schiltz, P. (1999) On being a happy, healthy, and ethical member of an unhappy, unhealthy, and unethical profession. Vanderbilt Law Review, 52(4):869-951.
Alcohol and Drug Issues in the Legal Profession
Attorneys and Substance Abuse. Butler Center for Research (September 2012)
McAlpin, Cindy (2006) Bumps in the Road III: Out of the Shadows Women and Addiction. American Bar Association: GPSOLO, 23(8).
Greiner, Mary (2001) Demystifying 12-Step Programs. American Bar Association: GPSOLO, 18(5).
Allan, Rick (1997) Alcoholism, Drug Abuse and Lawyers: Are We Ready to Address the Denial? Creighton Law Review, 31(1).
Beck, Connie; Sales, Bruce; and Benjamin, Andrew (1995) Lawyer Distress: Alcohol-Related Problems and Other Psychological Concerns Among a Sample of Practicing Lawyers. Journal of Law and Health, 10(1).
Drogin, Eric (1991) Alcoholism in the Legal Profession: Psychological and Legal Perspectives and Interventions. Law & Psychology Review, 15.
Bloom, Michael A & Carol Lynn Wallinger (1988) Lawyers and Alcoholism: Is it Time for a New Approach? Temple Law Review, 61:1409.
Depression in the Legal Profession
Benzoni, Jim (2012) Depression: The Soul Speaks. The Iowa Lawyer, 72(6).
State Bar of Montana (2012) Special Issue on Lawyers, Depression, and Suicide. Montana Lawyer, 37(8).
Pulliam, Page Thead (2008) Lawyer Depression: Taking a Closer Look at First-Time Ethics Offenders. The Journal of the Legal Profession, 32:289.
Hagan, John and Kay, Fiona (March 2007) Even Lawyers Get the Blues: Gender, Depression, and Job Satisfaction in Legal Practice. Law & Society Review, 41(1):51-78.
Goren, T., & Smith, B. (2001). Depression as a mitigating factor in lawyer discipline. Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, 14(4):1081-1098.
Syverud, K., & Schiltz, P. (1999) On being a happy, healthy, and ethical member of an unhappy, unhealthy, and unethical profession. Vanderbilt Law Review, 52(4):869-951.
Secondary Trauma in the Legal Profession
Pamela Bucy Pierson, Ashley Hamilton, Michael Pepper, Megan Root, Stress Hardiness and Lawyers, Journal of the Legal Profession, Vol. 42, 2018 U of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper No. 3120491.
Levin, Andrew; Besser, Avi; Albert, Linda; Smith, Deborah; and Neria, Yuval (2012) The Effect of Attorneys’ Work With Trauma-Exposed Clients on PTSD Symptoms, Depression, and Functional Impairment: A Cross-Lagged Longitudinal Study. Law and Human Behavior.
Oregon Attorney Assistance Program (2011) A Traumatic Toll on Lawyers and Judges. In Sight for Oregon Lawyers and Judges, 80.
Murray, D. C., & Royer, J. M. (2008) The cost of justice: a desk manual on vicarious trauma. Vcarious traumatization: The corrosive consequences of law practice for criminal justice and family law practitioners. Canadian Bar Association Legal Profession Assistance Conference
Stress and Burnout in the Legal Profession
Gambling in the Legal Profession
Chadwick, Meloney Crawford (2004) Bumps in the Road II. American Bar Association: GPSOLO, 21(7).
Ashe, Paul R (2001) Other Bumps in the Road: Gambling. American Bar Association: GPSOLO, Volume 18, Number 5.
Law Students and Mental Health
Austin, Debra S. (2014) Killing Them Softly: Neuroscience Reveals How Brain Cells Die From Law School Stress and How Neural Self-Hacking Can Optimize Cognitive Performance. Loyola Law Review, Vol. 59: 791-860.
Jolly-Ryan, Jennifer (2009) Promoting Mental Health In Law School: What Law Schools Can Do For Law Students To Help Them Become Happy, Mentally Healthy Lawyers. University of Louisville Law Review, 48:95.
Maloney, Bridget A (2001) Distress Among the Legal Profession: What Law Schools Can Do About It. Thomas J. White Center on Law & Government Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Polic, 15:307.
McKinney, Ruth Ann (2000) Depression and Anxiety in Law Students: Are We Part of the Problem and Can We Be Part of the Solution? The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute Conference. July 19-22.
Boston, Gerald W (1997) Chemical Dependency in Legal Education: Problems and Strategies, 76 Mich. B.J. 298-301.
Executive Summary of the Report of the Association of American Law School’s Special Committee on Problems of Substance Abuse in Law Schools, 44 J. Legal Educ. 35-80 (1994)
Benjamin, G. Andrew H; Kaszniak, Alfred; Sales, Bruce; Shanfield, Stephen. (Spring 1986). The Role of Legal Education in Producing Psychological Distress among Law Students and Lawyers. American Bar Foundation Research Journal, 11(2):225-252.