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41 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 918 (2015)
Reducing the Stigma: The Deadly Effect of Untreated Mental Illness and New Strategies for Changing Outcomes in Law Students

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   REDUCING THE STIGMA: THE DEADLY EFFECT OF
 UNTREATED MENTAL ILLNESS AND NEW STRATEGIES
    FOR CHANGING OUTCOMES IN LAW STUDENTS

          Joan Bibelhausen, Katherine M. Bender,
                   and Rachael Barrettt

I.    INTRO D U CTIO N  ...................................................................... 919
II.   THE DAVE NEE FOUNDATION ................................................ 919
III.  STIGMA AND STIGMA REDUCTION .......................................... 920
IV .  M ENTAL H EALTH  ................................................................... 926
V.    STRESS AND THE LEGAL PROFESSION ..................................... 930
VI.   SOURCES OF STRESS FOR LAWYERS ......................................... 932
      A. Rule-Based  M orality .......................................................... 932
      B. Perfectionism   ..................................................................... 933
      C. P essim ism   ......................................................................... 933
      D . Vicarious  Traum a ............................................................. 934
      E . Isolation  ........................................................................... 935
      F  G randiosity  ....................................................................... 936
      G. Analytical Thinking vs. Emotional Processing .................... 936
VII. How DO LAWYERS AND LAW STUDENTS KNOW WHEN
     THEY ARE OVER-STRESSED? ................................................... 937
VIII. LAWYERS' AND LAW STUDENTS' RESPONSES TO STRESS ......... 939
IX.  PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AND LAW SCHOOL ...................... 939
X.   MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES AMONG
     L AW YERS  ................................................................................. 940
XI.  SUICIDE, SUICIDAL IDEATION, AND ITS PREVALENCE IN THE
     L EGAL FIELD  .......................................................................... 941
XII. INTERVENTIONS AND RESOURCES .......................................... 944
XIII. HOPE FOR THE LEGAL COMMUNITY ....................................... 946


   t  Joan Bibelhausen, JD, Executive Director, Lawyers Concerned for
Lawyers, Minnesota's Lawyer Assistance Program; Katherine M. Bender, PhD,
Programming Director, Dave Nee Foundation; Rachael Barrett, MBA, Executive
Director, Dave Nee Foundation.

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