Problem signs in law school: Fostering attorney well-being early in professional training

Reed, Krystia; Bornstein, Brian H.; Jeon, Andrew B.; Wylie, Lindsey E.

doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2016.02.019

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“…There is evidence that this is true for graduate and professional students as well. For example, students at a Midwestern law school were surveyed about their alcohol and drug use (Reed, Bornstein, Jeon, & Wylie, 2016). Almost 85% of participants reported consuming alcohol within the past month and half reported binge drinking.…”

Section: College Student Alcohol Usementioning

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Alcohol Use Among Today's College Students

Hanke

2020

New Drctns for Student Srvcs

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Alcohol Use Among Today's College Students

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2020

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“…Excessive stress and its negative consequences are prevalent across undergraduate and graduate students in a wide range of fields of study, [1][2][3][4][5][6] and interventions to increase mental well-being and reduce burnout are warranted. The US Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) 2019 Annual Report indicated an upward trend in anxiety and depression over the last 8 years, 7 with the most frequent concerns expressed by students who utilized university counseling services being anxiety (62.7%), depression (49.3%), and stress (43.6%) -conditions known to have a negative impact on academic performance.…”

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Impact of a University-Wide Interdisciplinary Mind-Body Skills Program on Student Mental and Emotional Well-Being

Novak

Gebhardt

Pallerla

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Glob Adv Health Med

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Background Positive effects of mind-body skills programs on participant well-being have been reported in health professions students. The success seen with medical students at this university led to great interest in expanding the mind-body skills program so students in other disciplines could benefit from the program. Objective The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of a 9-week mind-body skills program on the mental and emotional well-being of multidisciplinary students compared to controls. We also sought to determine if the program’s effects were sustained at 1-year follow-up. Methods A cross-sectional pre-post survey was administered online via SurveyMonkey to participants of a 9-week mind-body skills program and a control group of students from 7 colleges at a public university from 2017–2019. Students were assessed on validated measures of stress, positive/negative affect, resilience, depression, anxiety, fatigue, sleep disturbance, mindfulness, empathy, and burnout. Scores were analyzed between-groups and within-groups using bivariate and multivariate analyses. A 1-year follow-up was completed on a subset of participants and controls. Results 279 participants and 247 controls completed the pre-survey and post-survey (79% response rate; 71% female, 68% white, mean age = 25 years). Participants showed significant decreases in stress, negative affect, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbance, and burnout, while positive affect, resilience, mindfulness, and empathy increased significantly ( P < .05). Only sleep disturbance showed a significant decrease in the control group. Follow-up in a subset of participants showed that only mindfulness remained elevated at 1-year ( P < .05), whereas the significant changes in other well-being measures were not sustained. Conclusion Participation in a 9-week mind-body skills program led to significant improvement in indicators of well-being in multidisciplinary students. A pilot 1-year follow-up suggests that effects are only sustained for mindfulness, but not other parameters. Future programming should focus on implementing mind-body skills booster sessions to help sustain the well-being benefits.

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“…American research shows that problems with alcohol begin during legal studies. High anxiety levels and depression, alcohol abuse, frequent use of psychoactive substances, and difficulty coping with stress have been reported for law students (Reed et al, 2016). The use of alcohol among law students was also investigated by one British university.…”

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“…Według amerykańskich badań problemy z alkoholem zaczynają się już w trakcie studiów prawniczych. Dowiedziono, że studenci prawa cierpią z powodu wysokiego poziomu lęku i depresji, nadużywają alkoholu, często sięgają po substancje psychoaktywne i mają trudności z radzeniem sobie ze stresem (Reed et al, 2016). Także na jednym z brytyjskich uniwersytetów zbadano sposób używania alkoholu przez studentów prawa.…”

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Assessment of risky drinking, harmful drinking and alcohol addiction among lawyers

Chrobak-Kasprzyk¹,

Jośko-Ochojska²

2020

Psychiatr Psychol Klin

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Background: Not much is known about alcohol dependence, risky or harmful drinking among Polish lawyers. Studies conducted around the world have so far shown that this professional group is at a greater risk of alcohol addiction than the total population or other professional groups. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the model of alcohol consumption among lawyers, as well as the factors influencing this phenomenon. Materials and methods: The study was conducted among 206 lawyers, including 102 women and 104 men, aged between 29 and 84 years. The AUDIT test, developed by World Health Organization, was used. Results: In the study group of lawyers, 22.33% drink in a risky and harmful manner, including nearly 3% whose score suggests alcohol addiction. It was shown that the sex criterion differentiated the alcohol consumption model among lawyers, with statistically significant higher average values obtained for men (p = 0.002). The study showed that the drinking model is influenced both by the marital status of respondents and whether they have children or not (p = 0.000033). There was no influence of weekly working hours on the alcohol use pattern (p = 0.169, r = 0.10). An analysis using the Pearson’s r correlation coefficient showed a statistically significant relationship (p = 0.021) between age and AUDIT score. This was a low-strength negative correlation (r = −0.16), i.e. AUDIT scores decreased with the age of respondents. Conclusions: This study is the first medical assessment of the prevalence of alcohol use among Polish lawyers. Lawyers are a professional group reluctant to undergo evaluation, who are at a high risk of problematic alcohol use. The study shows that there is a need for in-depth diagnosis of alcohol addiction and development of educational, preventive and therapeutic programs that take into account the specificity of the work of lawyers.

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Problem signs in law school: Fostering attorney well-being early in professional training

Cited by 8 publications

References 39 publications

Alcohol Use Among Today's College Students

Alcohol Use Among Today's College Students

Impact of a University-Wide Interdisciplinary Mind-Body Skills Program on Student Mental and Emotional Well-Being

Assessment of risky drinking, harmful drinking and alcohol addiction among lawyers

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