New York Law Journal Publishes Article by Andrew Sparkler, President of the Foundation, on Recent Attorney Suicides and Depression in Legal Profession
By Foundation on Jun 10, 2009 in Facts and Research, Mental Health Articles, Uncommon Counsel Project
The New York legal community’s most trusted and well-read periodical, the New York Law Journal, today published an article by the Foundation’s president, Andrew Sparkler, highlighting the prevalence of depression among attorneys and depression as the primary cause of most suicides. Andrew writes in response to media coverage of recent attorney suicides that seems to pin the cause of the attorney’s death on a single setback or traumatic event, but fails to discuss the epidemic of depression among attorneys.
The article is available (currently free of charge) here.
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