Information and Resources

Guides and Publications

• LawCare Leader Guide
• Courting the Blues: Attitudes Towards Depression in Australian Law Students and Legal Practitioners, Brain and Mind Research Institute Monograph 2009-1
• Courting the Blues (Summary) – a brief summary of the Courting the Blues report
• The Mental Health of Australian Lawyers: A Challenge for the Law Schools and the Profession - slides for Tristan Jepson Memorial Lecture, Professor Ian Hickie, Executive Director, Brain and Mind Research Institute, 18 September 2008
• Depression in Australian Law Schools: A handbook for Law Students and Law Student Societies - an excellent resource published by the Australian Law Students Association
• Lawyers, Emotional Distress and Regulation – a speech by the Legal Services Commissioner at the Bar Association of Queensland Annual Conference, March 2009.
• Lawyers and depression - ABC's The Law Report podcast: broadcast 5 April 2011, access the 30 minute podcast or view the transcript.
  

Articles

• Enhancing Relationships at Home, Murray Davis, Proctor, October 2009
• Survivor Syndrome, Bree Bignell, Proctor, September 2009
• Too busy? Time to do something about it, Giles Watson, Proctor, June 2009
• Finding your third place!, Dr Adam Fraser, Proctor, May 2009
• Building Personal Resilience, Bree Bignell, Proctor, April 2009
• The Resilient Lawyer, Murray Davis, Proctor, March 2009