Fighting Stigma: It's Time to Embrace 'Alcoholism' in the Legal Industry
"We must create a culture where people accept identifying as an alcoholic as readily as they would accept a diagnosis of another disease," writes attorney Casey Miller.
August 22, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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Professional CultureThe statistics are known; the evidence is in: there is a mental health crisis in the legal industry. I am not sure how we fix the culture we have created, but I do know one thing: Watering down the issues and continuing to use soft language is not it.
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