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Mental Health Awareness Week: time to talk about anxiety

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16 May 2023
Issue: 8025 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Mental health
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LawCare, the mental health and wellbeing charity for the legal profession, wants to get the legal profession talking about anxiety.

Anxiety is the theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (15-21 May), and a familiar experience for many legal professionals. It is one of the top three reasons people working in the law reached out to LawCare for support last year. Its prevalence is also backed by statistics—LawCare’s ‘Life in the law’ study in 2021 showed 69% of participants had experienced mental ill-health in the preceding 12 months, and of those 60.7% had experienced anxiety either often, very often, or all the time.

LawCare is hosting a free webinar about anxiety at 12.30pm on 18 May, and has released guidance for managers and leaders on how to support a colleague experiencing anxiety.

Elizabeth Rimmer, CEO of LawCare, said: ‘Anxiety at work can have a huge impact on you and your career.’

Issue: 8025 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Mental health
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