Mental Health

Lawyers experience substantially higher rates of depression, anxiety and suicide than the general population. TLAP can help you, or someone about whom you are concerned, find a mental health professional or other appropriate services in your community.

Mental Health Resources [PDFs]

General

• Attorneys and Substance Abuse. Butler Center for Research, Hazelden Fdn.
  
• Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers Support Groups
  
• Texas Lawyers Mental Health Support Groups
  
• Definition of Recovery
  
  

Depression

• Depression Checklist
  
• Depression, Nat'l. Institute for Mental Health
  
• What to Do When a Colleague is Depressed

Anxiety

• Anxiety Disorders, Nat'l. Institute for Mental Health
  
• Panic and Anxiety Disorders
  
  

Links [Websites]

• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
  
• Depression Self Evaluation
  
• "Helping Lawyers Retire with Dignity"
  
• Lawyers with Depression
• National Institute of Mental Health
  
• The Ethics of Mental Health (CLE video). Texas Center for Legal Ethics.