Burnout in Law, Mental Health, Law Enforcement --- "Boundaries" ---and the Need for Leaders and Policymakers to Continue with SYSTEMIC REFORMS

World Health Organization says burnout may deserve medical attention

Is there a high burnout rate for lawyers?

Lawyer burnout is a growing but long-standing issue in the legal industry that over the past few years has become normalized and talked about in the open more often. ... With more legal professionals working remotely, it's harder than ever to create boundaries, and burnout is at an all-time high.  Sep 9, 2021

Why Lawyer Burnout Is Still An Issue in 2021 - National Law ...

Mental Health Providers and Burnout

​Studies estimate that anywhere between 21 percent and 61 percent of mental health practitioners experience signs of burnout (Morse et al., 2012).  Burnout has been associated with workplace climate, caseload size and severity of client symptoms (Acker, 2011; Craig & Sprang, 2010; Thompson et al., 2014).   Jan 25, 2018

Research roundup: Burnout in mental health providers - APA ...

Law enforcement burnout
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​Burnout begins when a police officer who was originally enthusiastic about the job begins to respond to the frustrations of police work in such ways as resenting superiors, drinking too much while off duty, experiencing problems at home, and ceasing to take the initiative on the job.

Burn Out - 'No One Can Imagine What the Costs Really Are'

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Intensity & Burnout in Autism, ADHD & Giftedness

There's a lot of OVERWHELM in our SYSTEMS. 

From my standpoint --- "HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED" --- is our TREATMENTS are often NOT MAGIC BULLETS.

Further, its becoming more and more apparent why our treatments for PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS are NOT MAGIC BULLETS:

• The person is often dealing with an underlying NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER involving NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL INFLAMMATION and DYSREGULATION of MULTIPLE SYSTEMS of the BODY.
• Further, there's widespread low-grade inflammation throughout the population.

For attorneys and law enforcement --- there's a big need for Leaders and Policymakers to modify systems to move away from "US vs. Them" Thinking.

• Problem Solving Courts have been a part of that effort.
• There's actually if not UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT, pretty close to it that we have to have:
  • ​COMMUNITY SAFETY, and
  • HUMANE TREATMENT

For MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, they need more SUPPORT from:

• Translational Research Efforts
• Epidemiologists
• The Nation's Research and Teaching Hospitals

For attorneys, mental health providers, and law enforcement --- just because the numbers went up or the acuity level went up ----

• DOES NOT MEAN THAT ANYONE GOT ANYMORE "BANDWIDTH"
• We are BURNING PEOPLE OUT LEFT AND RIGHT 
  • ​We have to gain GREATER AWARENESS of what we are really asking of people ---
  • As much as our HELPERS WANT TO HELP --- THEY HAVE LIMITS, TOO.

For REAL PROBLEM-SOLVING (rather than just a MOUNTAIN OF PAPERWORK) --- we have to invest TIME and RESOURCES to do that.

Further, we need our LEADERS and POLICYMAKERS to establish ON-GOING INCLUSIVE PROCESSES with ACCOUNTABILITY so we can get to VIABLE SOLUTIONS and further SYSTEMIC REFORMS.

LIKE AN INCLUSIVE  OLMSTEAD PLANNING PROCESS with:

• Measurable Goals
• Reasonable Time Frames, and
• Funding to Support the Plan