Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation Among Lawyers and Other Law Professionals.
Journal
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
ISSN: 1536-5948
Titre abrégé: J Occup Environ Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9504688
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 05 2021
01 05 2021
Historique:
entrez:
30
4
2021
pubmed:
1
5
2021
medline:
27
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Law professionals are an understudied population that is integral to society. Limited research indicates lawyers experience poor mental health, decreased wellbeing, and suicidality. This cross-sectional study recruited 654 law professionals and responses to a depression scale, the patient health questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9) were compared with the general working population. Lawyers were significantly more likely to report suicidal ideation "several days" and "more than half the days" as compared with the general working population, with odds ratios (OR) of 6.54 (95% confidence interval [CI] 4.16 to 10.29) and 5.50 (95% CI 2.23 to 13.53) respectively. Lawyers were more likely reported mild (OR = 3.89, 95% CI 3.04 to 4.96), moderate (OR = 5.29, 95% CI 3.61 to 7.76), moderately severe (OR = 9.71, 95% CI 5.50 to 17.14), and severe (OR = 18.34, 95% CI 6.00 to 56.11) depressive symptoms. 17.5% of lawyers in this study were experiencing symptoms equivalent to a diagnosis of a major depressive disorder.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33928935
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002127
pii: 00043764-202105000-00005
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
381-386Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Thiese, Allen, Knudson, Free, and Petersen have no relationships/conditions/circumstances that present potential conflict of interest.
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