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Joeita speaks with Beth Beattie & Carole Dagher about their new book “The Right Not To Remain Silent: The Truth About Mental Health in the Legal Profession” which discusses mental health and well-being amongst legal professionals. #lawyers #mentalhealth
Highlights
• Mental Health Within the Legal Profession – Opening Remarks (00:00)
• Introducing Beth Beattie & Carole Dagher (01:29)
• “The Right Not to Remain Silent: The Truth About Mental Health in the Legal Profession” (03:12)
• Importance of Mental Health Amongst Legal Professionals (04:23)
• Fear & Secrecy Surrounding Mental Health Struggles (06:02)
• Contributors to “The Right Not to Remain Silent” & Mental Health Summit (08:31)
• What Can We Learn from Personal Essays on Mental Health? (12:27)
• Intersections of Mental Health, Sexism, Homophobia & Racism (15:56)
• Deciding to Disclose One’s Invisible Disability (19:31)
• Reducing Stigma & Changing the Culture Within the Legal Profession (22:24)
• Significance of Mental Health Awareness Amongst Legal Professionals (24:22)
• Closing Remarks (25:23)
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The Right Not to Remain Silent: The Truth About Mental Health in The Legal Profession is a groundbreaking book that sets the stage for revolutionizing how mental health is perceived in the legal profession and beyond. It contains a series of candid and courageous memoirs by members of the legal profession living with mental health and addiction issues. The authors are judges, lawyers, and law professors with wide-ranging legal practices in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario including at Bay Street and small boutique firms.
Young lawyers and senior members of the profession share their experiences of working while living with various types of challenges – depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders, addiction, grief, imposter syndrome, and perfectionism.
Article by Carole Dagher “Postpartum depression made me feel hopeless. Not Today.” for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) camh.ca/en/today-campaign/areas-of-impact/preventing-postpartum-depression/carole
Guest Bio: Beth Beattie
Called to the Bar in 1994, Beth Beattie has a broad-based health law litigation practice.
Since January 2018 Beth has been a Friend of the Bell Let’s Talk campaign. Her story of working as a lawyer with bipolar disorder has been featured on television, radio, podcasts, print media and even billboards across the country. Television appearances include The Marilyn Denis Show, CTV News, CTV North News, CP24 and a CTV prime time special, “In Their Own Words”.
In 2021, 2022 and 2023 Beth co-chaired with the former Treasurer of the Law Society of Ontario, Teresa Donnelly, Mental Health Summits for Legal Professionals. Each year the Summits were watched by nearly 6,000 registrants.
Beth is a founding member of Voices for Mental Health which is a group of employees at the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General who have lived mental health experience or who have cared for loved ones with lived experience. Voices provides programming within the Ministry of the Attorney General and beyond on topics relating to mental health.
In 2022 Beth was awarded the Law Society Medal, the highest honour available to a lawyer in Ontario. The Medal was awarded for outstanding service within the profession in accordance with the highest ideals of the profession. She was also awarded the Ontario Psychiatric Association’s Mental Health Advocate of the Year Award.
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Joeita speaks with Beth Beattie & Carole Dagher about their new book “The Right Not To Remain Silent: The Truth About Mental Health in the Legal Profession” which discusses mental health and well-being amongst legal professionals. #lawyers #mentalhealth
Highlights
• Mental Health Within the Legal Profession – Opening Remarks (00:00)
• Introducing Beth Beattie & Carole Dagher (01:29)
• “The Right Not to Remain Silent: The Truth About Mental Health in the Legal Profession” (03:12)
• Importance of Mental Health Amongst Legal Professionals (04:23)
• Fear & Secrecy Surrounding Mental Health Struggles (06:02)
• Contributors to “The Right Not to Remain Silent” & Mental Health Summit (08:31)
• What Can We Learn from Personal Essays on Mental Health? (12:27)
• Intersections of Mental Health, Sexism, Homophobia & Racism (15:56)
• Deciding to Disclose One’s Invisible Disability (19:31)
• Reducing Stigma & Changing the Culture Within the Legal Profession (22:24)
• Significance of Mental Health Awareness Amongst Legal Professionals (24:22)
• Closing Remarks (25:23)
More Info: store.lexisnexis.ca/en/products/the-right-not-to-remain-silent-the-truth-about-mental-health-in-the-legal-profession-lexisnexis-canada-skusku-cad-6975/details
The Right Not to Remain Silent: The Truth About Mental Health in The Legal Profession is a groundbreaking book that sets the stage for revolutionizing how mental health is perceived in the legal profession and beyond. It contains a series of candid and courageous memoirs by members of the legal profession living with mental health and addiction issues. The authors are judges, lawyers, and law professors with wide-ranging legal practices in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario including at Bay Street and small boutique firms.
Young lawyers and senior members of the profession share their experiences of working while living with various types of challenges – depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders, addiction, grief, imposter syndrome, and perfectionism.
Article by Carole Dagher “Postpartum depression made me feel hopeless. Not Today.” for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) camh.ca/en/today-campaign/areas-of-impact/preventing-postpartum-depression/carole
Guest Bio: Beth Beattie
Called to the Bar in 1994, Beth Beattie has a broad-based health law litigation practice.
Since January 2018 Beth has been a Friend of the Bell Let’s Talk campaign. Her story of working as a lawyer with bipolar disorder has been featured on television, radio, podcasts, print media and even billboards across the country. Television appearances include The Marilyn Denis Show, CTV News, CTV North News, CP24 and a CTV prime time special, “In Their Own Words”.
In 2021, 2022 and 2023 Beth co-chaired with the former Treasurer of the Law Society of Ontario, Teresa Donnelly, Mental Health Summits for Legal Professionals. Each year the Summits were watched by nearly 6,000 registrants.
Beth is a founding member of Voices for Mental Health which is a group of employees at the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General who have lived mental health experience or who have cared for loved ones with lived experience. Voices provides programming within the Ministry of the Attorney General and beyond on topics relating to mental health.
In 2022 Beth was awarded the Law Society Medal, the highest honour available to a lawyer in Ontario. The Medal was awarded for outstanding service within the profession in accordance with the highest ideals of the profession. She was also awarded the Ontario Psychiatric Association’s Mental Health Advocate of the Year Award.
About The Pulse
On The Pulse, host Joeita Gupta brings us closer to issues impacting the disability community across Canada.
The Pulse airs weekly on AMI-audio and is available as a podcast on your favourite platform. For more information, visit amiplus.ca/m/0/episode?seriesId=81331440-8e73-4b5b-aff1-1e8ca4a85790&app-config=%2Fc%2Fpodcasts
Follow Joeita on Twitter: twitter.com/joeitagupta
Like the Pulse on Facebook: facebook.com/the.pulse.ami
Subscribe to this channel: youtube.com/channel/UCpSCygsB9AFBhl_mhK86C6g?sub_confirmation=1
About AMI
AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI’s vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection, representation and portrayal.
Learn more at AMI.ca
Connect on Twitter @AccessibleMedia
On Instagram @accessiblemediainc
On Facebook at @AccessibleMediaInc
On TikTok @accessiblemediainc
Email feedback@ami.ca
