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of any profession. Lawyers who die by suicide are 91% more likely to have job problems that contributed to their death.</p> </div> </div> <div class="hero-image"><img width="2560" height="508" src="https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/depression-suicide-hero@2x-scaled.webp" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" loading="eager" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/depression-suicide-hero@2x-scaled.webp 2560w, https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/depression-suicide-hero@2x-300x60.webp 300w, https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/depression-suicide-hero@2x-1170x232.webp 1170w, https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/depression-suicide-hero@2x-768x153.webp 768w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></div></section> <div class="main-content depression-suicide clearfix"> <div class="section-components"> <section class="section media-section page-intro-video"> <div class="container content-flow"> <div class="section-media"><div class="embed-container"><iframe title="NCLAP Depression" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/373498880?dnt=1&app_id=122963" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write"></iframe></div></div> </div> </section> <section class="section content-section pad-top-zero"> <div class="is-grid content-grid image-right"> <div class="content-grid-column content-flow"> <h2 class="section-title">Clinical Depression Is More Than Feeling Sad</h2> <div class="content-flow"><p>Most of us will feel depressed, sad, or down from time to time. But ‘feeling depressed’ is very different than suffering from clinical depression. It may initially be difficult to identify that what we are experiencing is depression, because we may just feel miserable and unhappy for no specific reason or we may think we don’t like our job (or are having marriage difficulties, etc). It may be difficult to articulate something that we don’t understand. Clinical depression is an illness that impacts our quality of life, impairs our ability to accomplish even the simplest daily tasks and requires treatment.</p> </div> </div> <div class="content-grid-media"><img width="768" height="512" src="https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/depression-suicide-1@2x-768x512.webp" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/depression-suicide-1@2x-768x512.webp 768w, https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/depression-suicide-1@2x-300x200.webp 300w, https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/depression-suicide-1@2x.webp 1110w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></div> </div> </section> <section class="section content-section pad-top-zero"> <div class="is-grid content-grid image-left"> <div class="content-grid-column content-flow"> <h2 class="section-title">For Men, Depression Often Masked as Anger</h2> <div class="content-flow"><p>Many lawyers and judges who work with LAP experience anger management issues as a symptom of deeper, more predominant issues. It is well documented that especially for men, problems like difficulty with intimacy, workaholism, alcoholism, abusive behavior, and rage are really attempts to escape or deal with clinical depression.</p> </div> </div> <div class="content-grid-media"><img width="768" height="512" src="https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/depression-suicide-2@2x-768x512.webp" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/depression-suicide-2@2x-768x512.webp 768w, https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/depression-suicide-2@2x-300x200.webp 300w, https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/depression-suicide-2@2x.webp 1110w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></div> </div> </section> <section class="section content-section pad-top-zero"> <div class="is-grid content-grid image-right"> <div class="content-grid-column content-flow"> <h2 class="section-title">Lawyers at Increased Risk</h2> <div class="content-flow"><p>According to the American Psychological Association, lawyers are 3.6 times more likely to suffer from depression than the general population, and according to a recent Johns Hopkins study, lawyers have the highest rate of depression of any profession. It has also been estimated that 40% of law students suffer from depression by the time they graduate. According to the CDC, suicide is the third leading cause of death among lawyers. The high rate of depression and substance abuse in the profession contribute greatly to these suicide statistics. The lawyer becomes caught in a spiral of hopelessness and becomes incapable of seeing other viable options.</p> </div> </div> <div class="content-grid-media"><img width="768" height="512" src="https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/depression-suicide-3@2x-768x512.webp" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/depression-suicide-3@2x-768x512.webp 768w, https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/depression-suicide-3@2x-300x200.webp 300w, https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/depression-suicide-3@2x.webp 1110w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></div> </div> </section> <section class="section content-section pad-top-zero"> <div class="is-grid content-grid image-left"> <div class="content-grid-column content-flow"> <h2 class="section-title">The Practice and The Personality</h2> <div class="content-flow"><p>The high stress, self-abandonment, and conflicts (both with inner values as well as the external adversarial nature) that come with practicing law, combined with basic personality traits common in lawyers such as self-reliance, perfectionism, and competitiveness are huge contributing factors to the high incidence of depression. These aspects also aren’t very consistent with healthy coping skills, and don’t always allow the “emotional elasticity” needed to endure the unrelenting pressures brought about by the profession. Over time, that may begin to feel like a loss of control. And for someone who has charged themselves with having all the answers, it may be the factor that throws them over the edge into suicide.</p> </div> </div> <div class="content-grid-media"><img width="768" height="512" src="https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/depression-suicide-4@2x-768x512.webp" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/depression-suicide-4@2x-768x512.webp 768w, https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/depression-suicide-4@2x-300x200.webp 300w, https://www.nclap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/depression-suicide-4@2x.webp 1110w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></div> </div> </section> <section class="section simple-section checked-list list-columns list-three-columns with-limited-border centered-title"> <div class="container content-flow"> <h2 class="section-title">Warning Signs</h2> <div class="content-flow"><ul> <li>Sleep disturbances, either insomnia or sleeping too much</li> <li>Feelings of sadness or unhappiness</li> <li>Feeling empty or incomplete</li> <li>Apathy</li> <li>Angry outbursts, irritability or frustration, even over small matters</li> <li>Loss of interest or pleasure in normal activities that were previously enjoyable</li> <li>Fatigue and lack of energy</li> <li>Procrastination or inability to complete even the smallest tasks, regardless of known consequences</li> <li>Changes in appetite, either a reduced appetite and weight loss, or increased cravings for food and weight gain</li> <li>Anxiety, agitation or restlessness</li> <li>Slowed thinking, speaking or body movements</li> <li>Feelings of worthlessness or guilt, fixating on perceived past failures or blaming one’s self for things that are not one’s responsibility</li> <li>Inability to think clearly, poor concentration, struggling to make decisions and to remember things</li> <li>Unexplained physical problems, such as back pain or headaches, exacerbation or inability to stabilize existing physical problems</li> <li>Suicidal thoughts or suicide attempts</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section related-articles-section section-light"> <div class="container"> <h2 class="section-title">Related Information</h2> <div class="related-grid is-grid"> <div class="article-card"> <a href="https://vimeo.com/189679546" class="article-card-link" title="NCLAP Transforming Lives" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <div class="article-card-content"> <h3 class="article-title">NCLAP Transforming Lives</h3> <span class="arrow-link">Watch Video &rsaquo;</span> </div> </a> </div> <div class="article-card"> <a href="https://vimeo.com/189676630" class="article-card-link" title="NCLAP The Letter" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <div class="article-card-content"> <h3 class="article-title">NCLAP The Letter</h3> <span class="arrow-link">Watch Video &rsaquo;</span> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="footer"> <section class="section cta-section section-light-alt"> <div class="container text-center"> <h2 class="section-title">Get in Touch</h2> <div class="content-flow"><p>Ready to get started or simply have some questions? 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