Trauma and Well-Being Among Legal Professionals

This book is intended for lawyers, legal organizations, and law students to provide a touchstone for health and well-being as well as insight into secondary trauma and other mental health concerns that may arise within the work of the law. Readers will be introduced to health, coping, and resiliency and will be provided with tools to measure personal well-being and to help create, motivate, and sustain well-being. Readers will also learn about the outcomes of pressure and stress in the legal profession through case studies and literature reviews. The book will explore the effects of healthy and unhealthy ways of coping, including alcohol and other drug use and abuse issues. Mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, and suicide will be covered, and readers will be exposed to the concept of secondary trauma as it relates to the practice of law. We will also look at the results of case studies and interviews from individuals around the globe.