LAWYER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
The legal industry is facing a severe, systemic mental health crisis. Research consistently shows that attorneys suffer from depression, anxiety, and burnout at rates that vastly outpace the general public. This is not just a personal failing, it is driven by structural pressures like punishing billable hour quotas, the expectation to be constantly "on call," vicarious trauma from clients, and a pervasive culture of stigma that pressures people to suffer in silence rather than ask for help.
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