Mental Health Day

LawCare, the charity that supports lawyers with addiction, stress and mental health issues, is urging firms and chambers to publicise World Mental Health Day on 10 October. It suggests ‘displaying a poster or leaflets, sending an email round, or adding information about us to your intranet’. CEO Elizabeth Rimmer said: 'At LawCare we believe the competitive, hierarchical, long hours culture of the legal profession significantly affects mental health and wellbeing, and until we address these issues we will continue to see a legal community struggling with stress, anxiety and depression.’ LawCare is also planning another roundtable event on 27 November, focused on creating mentally healthy workplaces.