MENTAL HEALTH and WELLNESS

The following resources provide information and support for mental health, addictions and wellness:

• The Members Assistance Program (MAP) provides free, confidential counselling and mental health services to lawyers, law students, paralegals and other legal professional (and their families!). The MAP is provided by Homewood Health and funded by the Law Society of Ontario. 
• The Law Society of Ontario’s Coach and Advisor Network provides lawyers and paralegals with access to shorter-term, outcome-oriented relationships with coaches and advisors in the profession. 
• The Canadian Bar Association offers a free online course (with CDP credit!) entitled “Mental Health and Wellness in the Legal Profession”.
• The Ontario Bar Association’s Mental Health Briefs provide short, helpful tips to better understand mental health and resources available to Ontario lawyers.
•  The American Bar Association’s Substance Abuse & Mental Health Toolkit is a user-friendly resource about mental health and substance abuse within law schools.
• Lawyers with Depression provides articles, blog posts, presentations and resources for lawyers struggling with depression. 
• Gazette, “Women’s Mental Health” by Homewood Health (April 2019) 
• Precedent, “The mental-health crisis in law” by Daniel Fish (March 2018)
• Canadian Lawyer Magazine, “Dealing with harassment” by Marg Bruineman (July 2018)
• The Practice, “Why women leave” by Janice Tibbetts (June 2018)