The corporate legal department at 3M Co. has become the first in-house team to sign onto the American Bar Association’s initiative aimed at combating substance abuse and other mental health problems in the profession.

“Corporate counsel are no different from outside lawyers in dealing with depression, anxiety, and substance abuse,” the company’s senior vice president for legal affairs and general counsel Ivan Fong said in an interview with Corporate Counsel. “We continue to face workplace stress and the pressure to do more with less. This is the way the world is changing and adapting, and we want to be proactive in responding to the increased pressure that we are all facing.”