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Feb. 14, 2023

Study: Attorneys twice as likely as others to think of suicide

Researchers looked at a random sample of 2,000 attorneys in California and the District of Columbia.

In 2016, life appeared to be good for Ryan Griffith, a health and safety receiverships lawyer in Berkeley.

A former college athlete, he'd finished in the top 10% of his law school class. He was named Young Lawyer of the Year by the Solano County Bar Association, and he loved the law firm where he worked. His personal life was good, too. He was happily married and had lots of friends. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, his world turned dark: ...

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