Wounded Attorney - How Psychological Disorders Impact Attorneys

In The Wounded Attorney, Catherine Young and Wendy Packman provide 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.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Realities of Practicing Law
Chapter 2: Research: Discipline and Attorney Psychological Problems
Chapter 3: The Process of Attorney Discipline
Chapter 4: Mental Illness in the Legal Profession
Chapter 5: Substance Use in the Legal Profession
Chapter 6: Co-Occurring Disorders in Attorney Disciplinary Cases
Chapter 7: General Trends in Attorney Disciplinary Cases
Chapter 8: Treatment and Recommendations
Chapter 9: Future Recommendations

About the author

Catherine Young is licensed attorney and clinical psychologist.
Wendy Packman is professor emerita of psychology at Palo Alto University (PAU) and the director, emerita of the Joint JD-PhD program in psychology and law at PAU and Golden Gate University Law School.

Summary

In The Wounded Attorney, authors Young and Packman explore how mental health issues appear in the legal profession by examining attorney disbarment records and arguing for a therapeutic approach to attorney discipline that destigmatizes mental health issues.

Product details

• Authors: Wendy Packman, Packman Wendy, Catherine Young, Catherine Packman Young
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781793626462
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-646-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, Mental Health, Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Clinical psychology, Jurisprudence & general issues, legal studies, Substance Abuse, Attorney Discipline