Darryl Singer Speeches

October 26, 2018

KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Mental Health & Addictions: A New Era - Markham Stouffville Hospital

Darryl Singer will be the Keynote Speaker at the Markham Stouffville Hospital's 1-day conference on mental health. About 200 attendees are expected, including mental health professionals, social workers, and patients recovering from addictions. Darryl will be sharing his own story of anxiety, depression, addiction to OxyContin and road to recovery as well as "lessons learned" along the way.

April 9, 2018

How to Successfully Maintain Your Mental Health

This presentation by Darryl Singer was originally prepared for the Law Society of Ontario's Continuing Professional Development program titled 12th Annual Family Law summit held on April 9, 2018.

February 9, 2018

Rotary Club

It is a legal-profession secret that is finally seeing the light of day: depression, anxiety and addiction to prescription drugs are a real and urgent problem for lawyers. They are three times more likely to suffer severe depression or addiction than the general public.

Most of the lawyers I defend at disciplinary proceedings got into trouble with the Law Society of Upper Canada because of substance abuse or mental-health issues.

If you are a lawyer who is depressed or anxious, abusing alcohol or self-medicating with illicit or prescription drugs, get help. These are not problems that lawyers – or anyone – can deal with on their own. Addiction is serious business, frequently with tragic consequences.