Streeton Lawyers today announced our sponsorship and support for beyondblue. Throughout the year, we will be holding a number of events to raise money and awareness for the organisiation, as well as issues relating to depression, anxiety and suicide.

Beyondblue provides support and research into those suffering from anxiety and depression. In any one year, around one million adults in Australia suffer depression. Perhaps less known, almost double that figure suffer from anxiety.

Depression in the Legal Profession

The problem is even more pronounced in the legal profession, with around 1 in 3 solicitors presenting with symptoms of depression at some time in their legal career. A study in 2011 found that lawyers were the most likely in the professional services industry to experience symptoms of depression.

Streeton Lawyers is also a signatory to the Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation Best Practice Guidelines, an organisation which aims to decrease work related psychological ill-health in the legal community.

To support either organisation, or learn more, visit their websites at beyondblue or the Tistan Jepson Memorial Foundation

Photo by Ekaterina Bolovtsova