Catherine Young is licensed attorney and clinical psychologist.Wendy Packman is professor emerita of psychology at Palo Alto University (PAU) and the director, emerita of the Joint JD-PhD program in psychology and law at PAU and Golden Gate University Law School.

[This book’s] value is in its collection of statistics, survey of the psychological literature, and understanding of the legal profession as woven together by authors who are lawyers and psychologists…. A real strength of the text, and the format through which it makes its point most forcefully, is a series of 38 case examples. These are derived from real issues that lawyers and disciplinary boards have confronted and help to contextualize an acutely problematic misunderstanding of mental disorder found among lawyers. The text concludes with recommendations based on the authors' observations and supported by the case examples…. Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.

• IntroductionChapter 1: The Realities of Practicing LawChapter 2: Research: Discipline and Attorney Psychological ProblemsChapter 3: The Process of Attorney DisciplineChapter 4: Mental Illness in the Legal ProfessionChapter 5: Substance Use in the Legal ProfessionChapter 6: Co-Occurring Disorders in Attorney Disciplinary CasesChapter 7: General Trends in Attorney Disciplinary CasesChapter 8: Treatment and RecommendationsChapter 9: Future Recommendations

Catherine Young is licensed attorney and clinical psychologist.Wendy Packman is professor emerita of psychology at Palo Alto University (PAU) and the director, emerita of the Joint JD-PhD program in psychology and law at PAU and Golden Gate University Law School.

[This book’s] value is in its collection of statistics, survey of the psychological literature, and understanding of the legal profession as woven together by authors who are lawyers and psychologists…. A real strength of the text, and the format through which it makes its point most forcefully, is a series of 38 case examples. These are derived from real issues that lawyers and disciplinary boards have confronted and help to contextualize an acutely problematic misunderstanding of mental disorder found among lawyers. The text concludes with recommendations based on the authors' observations and supported by the case examples…. Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.

• IntroductionChapter 1: The Realities of Practicing LawChapter 2: Research: Discipline and Attorney Psychological ProblemsChapter 3: The Process of Attorney DisciplineChapter 4: Mental Illness in the Legal ProfessionChapter 5: Substance Use in the Legal ProfessionChapter 6: Co-Occurring Disorders in Attorney Disciplinary CasesChapter 7: General Trends in Attorney Disciplinary CasesChapter 8: Treatment and RecommendationsChapter 9: Future Recommendations

Catherine Young is licensed attorney and clinical psychologist.Wendy Packman is professor emerita of psychology at Palo Alto University (PAU) and the director, emerita of the Joint JD-PhD program in psychology and law at PAU and Golden Gate University Law School.

[This book’s] value is in its collection of statistics, survey of the psychological literature, and understanding of the legal profession as woven together by authors who are lawyers and psychologists…. A real strength of the text, and the format through which it makes its point most forcefully, is a series of 38 case examples. These are derived from real issues that lawyers and disciplinary boards have confronted and help to contextualize an acutely problematic misunderstanding of mental disorder found among lawyers. The text concludes with recommendations based on the authors' observations and supported by the case examples…. Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.

• IntroductionChapter 1: The Realities of Practicing LawChapter 2: Research: Discipline and Attorney Psychological ProblemsChapter 3: The Process of Attorney DisciplineChapter 4: Mental Illness in the Legal ProfessionChapter 5: Substance Use in the Legal ProfessionChapter 6: Co-Occurring Disorders in Attorney Disciplinary CasesChapter 7: General Trends in Attorney Disciplinary CasesChapter 8: Treatment and RecommendationsChapter 9: Future Recommendations