Looks at well-being challenges, mental health treatment, alcohol usage. In 2016, the ABA report Prevalence of Substance Use and Other Mental Health Concerns Among American Attorneys sampled 12,825 licensed, employed attorneys completed surveys, assessing alcohol use, drug use, and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. Substantial rates of behavioral health problems were found, with 20.6%… Continue reading NEW 2024 Well-Being Report
Author: JP Andrews
Public defender, writer, apple farmer.
The Defense rests. Take a recess.
Recess is a weekly newsletter of BeSustained, supporting well-being of public defenders. Sign up here. Some pre-newsletter posts. Identity and Boundaries in Public Defense Healthy boundaries start with the way we define our identities as public defenders. Is it something we do, or is it who we are? I am drawn to slogans and t-shirts… Continue reading The Defense rests. Take a recess.
When We Can’t Do it All: Efficiency and Time Management
The A-Z Guide has been updated (in the downloadable materials section of the site) and includes the thoughts below of working efficiently--as a tool to support boundaries. Please share your thoughts and additional suggested tools. Efficiency and Time Management Being able to establish boundaries and take time for rest and rejuvenation requires systems to organize… Continue reading When We Can’t Do it All: Efficiency and Time Management
What is the gold standard of public defense coverage?
What is the gold standard of coverage, so that people can have restful and undisturbed time away from work? I tried to crowdsource this question on social media in January 2021, and most of the replies I received were something like what is this time off of which you speak? Taking vacations is one of… Continue reading What is the gold standard of public defense coverage?
A New Study on Public Defense Well-Being: The Stress of Injustice
A new study of public defenders was published on Dec. 12, 2020, entitled The Stress of Injustice: Public Defenders and the Frontline of American Inequality, by Baćak, Valerio and Lageson, Sarah and Powell, Kathleen. It is summarized by The Crime Report in Public Defenders Suffer From the ‘Stress of Injustice’: Study (Jan. 26, 2021). Both… Continue reading A New Study on Public Defense Well-Being: The Stress of Injustice
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