Overview:
This ethics-based webinar will bring awareness to this issue. It will also offer suggestions on managing mental health issues to Partners Lawyers and other legal professionals.
Course Objective:
- Have an increased awareness of mental health challenges and the impact it has on the workplace.
- Understand that everyone is accountable for contributing to improved wellbeing at work.
- Have suggestions on how to communicate about mental health in respectful and caring ways.
- To offer suggestions to individuals who suffer with mental health challenges, including thoughts of harming themselves about steps and resources available
Target Audience:
- Lawyers
- attorneys
- legal professionals
- associates
- Healthcare professionals and workers
- ethics students
- professionals in psychology
- counsellors integrating ethical approaches into mental health care
Basic Knowledge:
basic understanding of ethics, awareness of the pressures and challenges within the legal profession, willingness to explore mental health solutions tailored to the legal field, interest in learning about mental health beyond societal narratives, recognizing signs of potential mental health challenges.
Curriculum
Total Duration: 2 Hours
Virtue Ethics and Mental Health
Definition, Facts, Myths and Bias of Mental Health
Suicide: Facts and Resources
Recognizing Signs of Potential Mental Health Challenges
Empathy and Listening
Mental Health and Generational Expectations
Becoming a Mental Health Ally