Melbourne.   Australian law students suffer high levels of depression; a recent Australian study has reveled.

A large national study of law students and practitioners has confirmed that they are facing a lot of psychological distress and the rate is much higher than medical students or other general students.

The study was conducted by the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Research Institute (BMRI). The results of this study echoed the findings of the study by the national depression initiative in 2007. This study demonstrated that lawyers reported higher levels of depression and substance misuse as compared to other professionals

 For this study, researchers collected data from 2,400 lawyers and 741 law students from 13 law schools. Analysis of data showed that 40 per cent of law students suffer from depression. Researchers found out that law students didn’t posses much knowledge about depression.

Professor Ian Hickie from the Brain and Mind Research Institute in New South Wales presented the findings at the third annual Tristan Jepson Memorial Oration on 18 September 2008. Law students attributed part of their distress to study pressures, he said.

The law students also reported less specific knowledge of depression, greater concerns about alcohol and other substance misuse and a greater reluctance to seek professional care.

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