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C.O.R.E. in Chalmette - Therapists

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Megan Loos ,  LPC NCC Social Worker   at;  CORE: Louisiana Counseling & Recovery Center in Chalmette (ie she works for St Bernard) Office : 306 West Judge Perez Drive Chalmette ,   LA   70043 (504) 553-3917 $100/hr  - BCBS accepted  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LPC LOOS assured me that anything said during my " assessment for diversion" meeting was confidential.     . So I admitted that I smoked weed semi-regularly. A week later I received a formal email &  letter with her decision for diversion.     Ms Loos drafted a formal letter with details of our private assessment decision.     In the letter, She stated that diversion was NOT recommend due to my usage of weed.     She emailed the letter to her supervisor who forwarded it to the assistant DA. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/megan-loos-chalmette-la/7496  MEGAN LOOS also emailed this letter  to the assistant DA! This letter to the a...

Sluggish Schizophrenia" - Russia,s Punitive Psychiatry"

In Putin's Russia and ex-soviet states, the "powers that be" diagnose protesters &  dissenters with a condition called "sluggish schizophrenia".  They claime that this schizophrenia is a slowly progressive disease that leads to full-blown schizophrenia. it is used even in a patients who show no symptoms of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder on the assumption that these symptoms would later appear This diagnosis "Sluggish Schizophrenia" appears only in medical texts in Russia & ex-USSR countries - up until this day (see "The story of Anna Matskevich, AKA Refbatch").  This this practice is known as "punitive psychiatry" (see or read, "One flew over the ocoos nest"). Headline in Newsweek, 2017 :  "Political psychiatric abuse returns to Russia and ex-soviet states". Recent reports by federation global initiative on psychiatry along with NGO - that monitors human rights in psychiatry in former Soviet Un...

Digital Nomad 101

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DIGITAL NOMAD COMMUNITIES YOU SHOULD JOIN IN 2020 VIKTOR VINCEJ · JUNE 12, 2020 DIGITAL NOMADING 35 SHARES Nomad living  gives you the freedom to live the life you’ve always wanted , completely unabated, and without the stress and pressures of what most people view as “regular” life. But that doesn’t mean that the nomad lifestyle is without its pitfalls.  One thing many digital nomads face is a severe lack of belonging —  a sense of community, to be exact.   Remote living and working is a revolutionary ideal concerning how one can lead his or her life; because of that, it can often feel like you’re all alone, with little to no indication of where to find other like-minded individuals with the same goals and aspirations as you. Luckily, this predicament is easily remedied. The internet is abundant with various communities and nomadic groups to connect with. Relying on these will no doubt help you along in the process of meeting others and fostering good working relati...