The Wounded Attorney

Download or read book The Wounded Attorney written by Catherine Young and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-02-21 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Wounded Attorney, Catherine Young and Wendy Packmanprovide keen insight and commentary into how psychological disorders manifest in attorneys. Attorneys experience an alarming rate of mental health challenges, yet mental health and substance abuse issues often go unnoticed by colleagues and are unacknowledged by attorneys themselves. As both attorneys and psychologists, the uniquely qualified Young and Packman explore how mental health issues appear in the legal profession. The authors urge for an overhaul of the current framework of attorney discipline and construct a compelling argument for a therapeutic approach that destigmatizes mental health issues.