More than a third of attorneys are problem drinkers and over a quarter are clinically depressed, reports a study just released in the Jour­nal of Addiction Medicine, conducted by the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs. Lawyers have the highest rate of major depressive disorder of any occupational group, and among the highest rates of alcoholism.

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