Health/Quality of Life Issues
A New Judge in the Family: Challenges for the Spouse and Children
Mirelsa Modestti-González, Ph.D.
El ingreso a la Judicatura: Retos para la familia de nuevos jueces
Mirelsa Modestti-González, Ph.D.
Isolation
in the Judicial Career
Dr. Isaiah M. Zimmerman, Washington School of Psychiatry
Helping Judges in
Distress
Dr. Isaiah M. Zimmerman, Washington School of Psychiatry
Meditation and Music Ease Judges’ Tensions
Calling
for Help:
Hotline Addresses California Judges’ Health Issues
Stephanie Francis Cahill
Warning Signs for Depression
Terry Harrell, JD and LCSW
Warning Signs for Suicide
Shared by Indiana Judges and Lawyers Assistance Director Terry Harrell.
Judicial Balance: Lessons for Law & Life
Judicial Conference of Indiana
Substance Abuse
Substance Abuse and Dependence
Seymour Abrahamson
The American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs website has extensive information on these issues of concern. To access the website visit www.abanet.org/legalservices/colap/home.html, then click on Web Links.
For substance abuse problems see the Harm Reduction ProjectA Lawyer's Guide to Healing by Don Carroll-Solutions for Addiction and Depression (available from
www.hazelden.org). This book received outstanding reviews in he ABA's publication "Highlights".
Providing Help to Judges in Distress
The Journal of the American Judicature Society, Judicature: July-August 2006, Volume 90#1 is devoted to "Providing Help to Judges in Distress." For permission to reprint the following articles free of charge or to get copies of this
Judicature magazine for a small fee to cover printing and mailing costs, contact AJS directly at
cgray@ajs.org.
Major articles include:
- The Harder They
Fall: A Hand Up for Impaired Judges. A six member panel symposium.
- Addressing Disability and Promoting Wellness in the Federal Courts.
Richard Carlton, California Lawyers Assistance Program.
- The Worst-Kept Secret in the Courthouse. Cynthia Gray, director of AJS
Center for Judicial Ethics.
- Editorial - A Fresh Look at Judicial Impairment
- In addition there are three sidebars containing personal stories by members, present and former, of the judiciary with respect to their addictions and treatments.