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Depression and addiction can lead to disaster for lawyers (access required)

Posted: 1:44 pm Fri, March 1, 2013
By Dan Heilman

According to various studies, around one-quarter of the lawyers who face formal disciplinary charges are identified as suffering from addiction or other mental illness. Addiction is but one manifestation of mental illness that can easily strike in a high-stress profession such as law.
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