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The Right Not to Remain Silent: The Truth About Mental Health in The Legal Profession

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This groundbreaking book sets the stage for revolutionizing how mental health is perceived in the legal profession and beyond. It contains a series of candid and courageous memoirs by members of the legal profession living with mental health and addiction issues.

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All royalties to be donated to CAMH | Softcover | 176 pages

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Publié: 26 avril 2024
ISBN/ISSN: 9780433532101

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The Right Not to Remain Silent: The Truth About Mental Health in The Legal Profession is a groundbreaking book that sets the stage for revolutionizing how mental health is perceived in the legal profession and beyond. It contains a series of candid and courageous memoirs by members of the legal profession living with mental health and addiction issues. The authors are judges, lawyers, and law professors with wide-ranging legal practices in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario including at Bay Street and small boutique firms.

Young lawyers and senior members of the profession share their experiences of working while living with various types of challenges – depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders, addiction, grief, imposter syndrome, and perfectionism.

The Right Not to Remain Silent: The Truth About Mental Health in The Legal Profession addresses the insidious nature of mental health stigma and isolation in the legal community. But it is fundamentally a book about hope. As the authors discuss their sometimes harrowing journeys, they also show routes back to meaningful engagement with colleagues and work.

To read these personal accounts is to be moved, inspired, and hopefully galvanized into action at the individual, collegial, and organizational level. This book offers practical solutions to change the culture of legal practice and beyond so as to bust apart stigma and isolation, foster people getting the support they need, and cultivate more diverse workplaces.

Contributors
David S. Goldbloom
The Honourable George R. Strathy
The Honourable Michele Hollins
Beth Beattie
Carole Dagher
Thomas Telfer
Katherine Cooligan
Orlando Da Silva
Michael R. Ferguson
Michael Herman
Aidan Johnson
Imran Kamal
Ryan Middleton
Yadesha Satheaswaran
Leslie Anne St. Amour
Dan Stein
Courtney Wilson
Leena Yousefi
Brett D.M. Jones
Shayan Imran
M. Ishrat Husain

 

Avis des clients

Just What The Doctor Ordered
Par Erin Durant, Founder of Durant Barristers

This book offers something for everyone: those currently experiencing a mental health crisis, those worried that a friend or colleague may be experiencing a crisis and managers of workplaces looking to prevent crisis and create a healthy environment...I would like to congratulate each of the authors who contributed to this book as well as the editors. This book will make a difference in the legal profession at the individual and organizational level.

A welcome comfort to those living with the challenges of having to deal with mental health issues
Par The Hon. Clément Gascon, C.C., Ad. E.

The 18 chapters of the book bring a welcome comfort to those living with the challenges of having to deal with mental health issues. And most importantly, all the authors act upon the loud and clear message not to remain silent in situations where talking and listening are key in developing solutions for both the legal profession in general and its individual members in particular.

A long overdue conversation about the legal profession
Par Kenneth J. Fredeen, General Counsel Emeritus, Deloitte

This book will be the catalyst for a long overdue conversation about the legal profession. From the pens of successful Canadian lawyers comes this book which opens the door to an honest conversation about mental health in the legal profession. It is now up to each of us to take the meaningful steps to create a better, healthier, and happier legal profession.

Mental health challenges arise in all legal work environments
Par Doug Judson, President, Federation of Ontario Law Associations

Often the mental health discussion in the legal community can feel performative, or even disingenuous - something quickly packed away between lunch-and-learns after the special guests leave. The Right Not to Remain Silent shatters those assumptions by providing first-hand insights and personal accounts from members of the profession at every age, stage, and setting of practice. It reminds us that mental health challenges arise in all legal work environments. Through the courage of its authors, it destigmatizes this 'coming out' process by providing candid advice and useful tools for those struggling, regardless of where we are situated, how we identify, or what relative privilege we enjoy in our firms and workplaces.

Shows other lawyers that they are not alone
Par Dean Erika Chamberlain, Faculty of Law, Western University

In courageously sharing their stories, the contributors to this volume show other lawyers that they are not alone in dealing with mental health challenges of all kinds. The Right Not to Remain Silent is an important resource for lawyers and prospective lawyers, whether they struggle personally or want to help support their colleagues. It’s also an inspiring call to action for legal educators, practitioners and regulators to make systemic and cultural changes to remove stigma and promote a healthier and more empathetic profession.

A blend of wisdom, compassion and practical strategies
Par Teresa Donnelly, VP/President Elect, Federation of Law Societies of Canada

The National Study on the Health & Wellness Determinants of Legal Professionals in Canada confirms that poor mental health affects thousands of legal professionals across Canada every year. At a time when the legal profession desperately needs to reduce mental health stigma, this thought-provoking book offers a blend of wisdom, compassion and practical strategies to address the mental health needs of legal professionals. This book shows that we can conquer stigma at the individual, collegial and regulatory levels. We would do well to have this book widely available at paralegal colleges, law schools, law libraries and law offices across Canada.

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Table des matières

 Foreword – David S. Goldbloom

Chapter 1: It’s Time to Change the Culture of Legal Practice – The Honourable George R. Strathy

Chapter 2: What is Happening to Me? – The Honourable Michele Hollins

Chapter 3: To Tell or Not to Tell? That is the Question: Revealing Mental Health Issues at Work – Beth Beattie

Chapter 4: Reconciling the Visible and Invisible Me: My Professional Journey to Living My Authentic Self – Carole Dagher

Chapter 5: Crisis? What Crisis? Encounters with the Mental Health Care System – Thomas Telfer

Chapter 6: Life Lessons Through Lawyering and Grief – Katherine Cooligan

Chapter 7: Please Mom. Don’t Tell Anyone – Orlando Da Silva

Chapter 8: Practising Openness Where Everyone Knows Everyone – Michael R. Ferguson

Chapter 9: Depression: My Journey Through Darkness – Michael Herman

Chapter 10: Un Appel d’Air: My Journey in Trauma-Informed Law So Far – Aidan Johnson

Chapter 11: Lawyers Can Be Addicts Too – Imran Kamal

Chapter 12: Stop Suffering in Silence—Ending the Stigma of Mental Illness – Ryan Middleton

Chapter 13: Scratching the Surface of OCD: The Realities of Living with Skin-Picking Disorder – Yadesha Satheaswaran

Chapter 14: I’m Really Glad You’re Still Here – Leslie Anne St. Amour

Chapter 15: More Than a Lawyer – Dan Stein

Chapter 16: Eating Disorders and The Legal Profession: Harsh Realities and Complexities – Courtney Wilson

Chapter 17: Not Good Enough – Leena Yousefi

Chapter 18: Emerging Treatments for Depression – Brett D.M. Jones, Shayan Imran & M. Ishrat Husain

Appendix: Canadian Mental Health Resources for the Legal Profession