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Drs. Charles and Paula Zeanah, Dr. Keyes, Dr. Coulter, Dr. Chaney Louisiana Psychological Assn to Hold Fall Workshop Oct 8
Charles Zeanah, MD, and Paula Zeanah, PhD, will give the keynote addresses, “Is it Ever Too Late? Sensitive Periods in Brain and Behavioral Development,” and “Adverse Childhood Experiences: Implications for All Psychologists,” at the Louisiana Psychological Association Fall Workshop, to be held October 8 at the West Baton Rouge Conference Center in Port Allen, Louisiana.
The Zeanahs will discuss various issues in the clinical, research and policy perspectives on early experience applicable to all clinicians and researchers. Dr. Charles Zeanah is Mary Peters Sellars-Polchow Chair in Psychiatry, Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, and Vice-Chair for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. Dr. Paula Zeanah is the LGMC/OLOL Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Nursing and Director of Research at the Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning, University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Angela W. Keyes, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Tulane Institute of Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health, and Allison Boothe, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Tulane Institute of Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health, will present “Supporting the Development of Young Children’s Social and Emotional Skills Through Mental Health Consultation.”
“Weak Links in School-Related Evaluations: Evidence-Based Practices,” will be presented by W. Alan Coulter, PhD, Director for Education Initiatives at the Human Development Center, School of Allied Health Professions, LSU Health Sciences Center. Coulter will describe characteristics and purposes of needed school- based assessment components and assessing fidelity of implementation of interventions.
Courtland Chaney, PhD, will present, “Unethical Behavior: Understanding Why Good People Do and Repeat Bad Things.” Dr. Chaney is a licensed industrial-organizational psychologist and a certified professional in human resources and was instructor in the LSU Department of Management. He will explore the situations and circumstances that prompt people to act in unethical ways and the psychological dynamics that allow or even encourage people to repeat unethical behavior.
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Drs. Harding, Gray, Osofsky, Foreman and others NDBH Conference on Resilience, New Orleans, October 23 – 26
The 2016 National Dialogues on Behavioral Health (NDBH) will hold its 57th annual conference in New Orleans at the Renaissance Arts Hotel from October 23 through 26. The conference theme is "Promoting Individual, Family and Community Mental Wellness and Resilience”.
The focus of the conference is to identify short- and long-term solutions to maintaining mental wellness by applying research-based approaches for communities and across the lifespan of individuals and their families.
Local experts will join national speakers in a variety of workshops and pre-conference presentations.
Dr. Courtenay Harding and Dr. Sarah Gray will present Defining Resilience, understanding bio-markers and how to use them, and promoting resilience” and “What is Resilience?” They will discuss the “emerging science of neurobiological, genetic adaptations for research-based therapeutic interventions for trauma and stress to promote mental wellness and resilience for individuals, families and communities.” They will also discuss risk and protective factors and summarize how people repair the biopsychosocial damage left by trauma and other life events, and explain how systems, services, families, consumers, and communities can help reclaim lives
Dr. Joy Osofsky will join Ingrid Donato of SAMHSA to present “Challenges and building resiliency over the lifespan.” The presenters will look at how resilience can be promoted at different stages of life, from early childhood through old age. Participants will be learn how develop interventions that promote resilience in early childhood, teens, adults, and for all genders and a variety of cultural groups.
Dr. Mimi McFaul and April Foreman will present, “The Role of the Media.” The presenters will discuss social and mass media campaigns addressing critical factors targeting individual and community resilience, the role of social media and public health, suicide, and other health issues, potential applications of social media in mental health resilience and recovery, and how grassroots social media movements can significantly drive innovation and research in mental health.
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The Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists has put into place an expedited process for approving Temporary Licenses for those coming to Louisiana to help flood victims.
In a message on their webpage the board wrote, “In an emergency or disaster the number of currently licensed Louisiana Psychologists may be insufficient or unavailable to provide all needed services to the population of the state. Therefore, the LSBEP has an Emergency Temporary Registration that is expedited for licensed psychologist of other states wishing to volunteer services through the RED CROSS, LA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, or other legitimate relief effort. If you are coming to this state to provide psychological services to the flood victims of 2016, you are required to register with this Board using the following form: Emergency Temporary Registration 2016.”
Governor Edwards declared a State of Emergency for all of Louisiana on August 12.
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Louisiana Group Psychotherapy Society Holds Fall Institute Oct 29 –“Going Beyond Talk”
The Louisiana Group Psychotherapy Society will hold the 2016 Fall Institute, October 29, in Baton Rouge. The theme is “Going Beyond Talk.”
Presenters will include an array of topic and techniques. Featured topics and presenters are Art Therapy: Robin Toler, ATR-BC, LAC, AIT-C; Drum Circle: Stanley Masinter, LCSW, BCD, CGP; Mindfulness: Emeric Csaszar, PhD, LPC- S, NCC; MusicTherapy: Mary Malloy, MA, MT-BC; and SandplayTherapy: Margaret Humphris, LCSW-BACS, CST.
The society is a multi-disciplinary organization that includes psychologists, clinical social workers, psychiatrists, counselors, students, and other mental health professionals who believe more than ever that the unique dynamic of group psychotherapy offers a cost- effective and essential therapeutic experience.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: During the peak of the floods, Baton Rouge Attorney Heather Cross posted a Letter to the Editor to the media and others, slamming the national media for its treatment of Louisiana. The letter went viral on social media and the Times has the honor of running it along with our other coverage of the floods. Ms. Cross is with Baker Donelson’s Baton Rouge Office. She earned her JD from LSU Paul Hebert Law Center and an undergraduate from ULL in mass communication.
Dear CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC News, CBS News, Good Morning America, the Today Show and whatever other news organizations professing to employ people who refer to themselves as Journalists:
cc: all Facebook Friends (as promised)
FYI There is a flood in Louisiana.
You've met us before. You came and camped out over here during a very painful period in our existence about a month ago. You went into a neighborhood you've never been in, in a state it's quite possible that you've never visited (despite that you are "very well-travelled"). Although, I realize you are sophisticated, and accepting of "other" cultures, you managed to pass judgment on an entire community in your own country, who were mourning and struggling to figure out – what the hell just happened – and where do we go from here – all of us (well most of us) – in good faith. You didn't offer help, you didn't offer support, you offered criticism – and then you left.
Oh you came back, a few weeks later, a lunatic, who also had never been here, showed up and murdered three of our finest citizens. In broad daylight. In the middle of town. You came back. With more criticism. More speculation. More side taking. When in the community I live, we were basically all on the same side. We're all in this together. I hate to pull a hashtag, but seriously #unBRoken.
Not one person I watched on the national news during the weeks following Alton Sterling's death, or the murder of three police officers gave my friends, my family, my neighbors – any credit or the benefit of the doubt. Nope. The entire news media looked for someone to blame. Depending on what network you watched the target of blame was Sterling himself, the cops, the South, the guns, the whatever. Not one person I watched on the national news assumed that the whole city was by and large, and in good faith, just trying to wrap our brains around what happened, and trying to make our city whole again.
I think you people are stone cold silent about this flood, because really, there's no agenda to push. There's no side to take. There's nobody to blame. So even though you don't seem in the least bit curious, here's what's been happening around here since you left.
First – as previously stated. There was a Noah's Ark Level Flood. It affected all of us. Black, white, dog, cat, man, woman, child, transsexual.
While it was still raining, a spontaneous, private, and well- meaning navy of ordinary people assembled themselves. They were black, white, asian and otherwise. They weren't protesting anything. They got into their own boats, spent their own money, spent their own time, risked their own lives. Black people saved white people. White people saved black people. Nobody asked what color you were before knocking on your door. These are not first responders on some list somewhere. These are a bunch of guys who like to hunt and fish and as a result own flat bottom boats and they assumed that the actual police and other first responders, not to mention their fellow citizens – could use a little help. So they just showed up. Nobody told them to. They wanted to.
Meanwhile, across town, a spontaneous, private and well- meaning army of ordinary people assembled themselves in a 7 warehouse, un-airconditioned sound stage. (And FYI, it's REALLY hot in August in Louisiana). They found some fans. And they had plenty of room. They gathered canned goods, bottled water, Gatorade, Neosporin, BandAids, Toothbrushes, deodorant, hairspray, sleeping bags, chairs and pillows. They set up kitchens with their tailgating party supplies. Nobody told them to. They just did it. Why? All because people who just lost everything about a half hour ago, got plucked off of their rooftops in helicopters and this army knew that they needed somewhere to go, and something to eat. Pretty much instinctively.
Meanwhile, across town, people who usually lived as one family unit in well-kept homes slept on air mattresses in friends homes watching flood waters threaten every memory, every belonging, every photograph, everything they spent their whole lives building, every spot their child took their first step become over- run with ruin, knowing it would be months, if not years before they clean up the mess. People who lost homes in Katrina, went through the same thing again. People who don't own much to speak of, have nowhere to return to. All of these people woke up in a place where they have nowhere to send their kids to school. Indefinitely. All of these people I've seen, are sad, they are tired – but they are resilient – they are smiling.
We have not even begun to count our dead, much less bury them, and we're still in mourning over the events from last months. For the love of goodness the least you could do is offer us a little encouragement.
I suppose a bunch of self- sufficient folks that actually love one another, and are trying to figure things out isn't as interesting to you as casting gross stereotypes over people who live fly-over country. But we are a little bit baffled after all that unwanted attention we got a few weeks back, when we actually need you to get the word out, you are nowhere to be found.
As much as it pains me to ask, we need you to shine a light on this. There are people here who need help. Let's take a time out from monitoring Donald Trump's Twitter Feed and deal with this one. We need attention because we cannot rebuild our infrastructure, our schools, our homes, our businesses without the money that the attention will bring. So here is what we need you to explain to people that don't live in Louisiana:
1) This water damage was caused by rain. Not a tidal surge. There's a difference. I don't have lots of time to explain, it – but the main difference is, that this is such a bad ass amount of rain that it only happens every 1000 years. Yes. One thousand years.
2) As a result of how infrequently this happens (yes every 1000 years) Nobody knew this was coming. We thought it would rain. We did not realize we would get almost three feet of rain in some places. 14 trillion gallons water is now trying to drain out of rivers, and bayous and ditches that are stretched beyond capacity. Think about that. Where's all the water gonna go? Hell I don't really know, but I can tell you this on its trip to the Gulf of Mexico (which is incidentally where a lot of your rainwater goes) – it's gonna travel over places it hasn't been for one-thousand- years. Sometimes that's the first floor of your house. Sometimes – it's the only floor of your house. Sometimes its your entire business. That supports you, and supports others. Either way, you have no place to inhabit for months because you can't live in a house that's been covered in water or sell your wares out of a store that nobody can get to.
3) This flood affected people from every walk of life. It did not discriminate between the good side of town, or the bad side of town. It was an equal opportunity offender. It just tried to ruin half a state. Despite what you may think, we're fairly united against this slithering, slimy common enemy. We have only just begun to figure out how to dig our way out. Maybe you can help us figure it out. At this point, we're open to suggestions, or at least some assistance in ripping out wet sheetrock.
4) You can buy maximum value flood insurance, and it will not – repeat not – cover the cost of the average price of a home in East Baton Rouge Parish. Plus, notably, flood insurance must be purchased separately from regular homeowners/property insurance. Most Homeowners insurance policies will cover you if you suffer any other form of natural disaster – by that I mean earthquakes, tornadoes and wildfires. But for some reason, not floods. Nope. That is limited. There are maps that insurance companies have where they think it could possibly flood. There are uninsured houses right now, that are in a place that some beancounter in an insurance company did not think it would flood. Maybe someone could check out what the hell is going on with flood insurance. We certainly talk a lot about health insurance.
5) There's stuff we have that cannot be replaced.
6) Al Sharpton, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, President Obama, Kim Kardasian, and others – are nowhere to be found. (Although props to Taylor Swift for the cool million she sent us).
This education is sorely needed because the few, and I mean very few, articles I have been able to locate on the national news have said nothing about the above 6 points. But the best part? The comments. They clarify how uneducated the rest of the United States is about Louisiana (while usually, and ironically calling the people in Louisiana uneducated). In addition to the fact that "environmentalists" who love the Earth do not realize that Baton Rouge is NOT on the coast or below sea level (my favorite irony), these people think we are cultural Neanderthals. They don't realize that we have our own music, food, language and culture. It's a gift, and we are grateful and proud of it. It's your fault you won't take the time to understand it – not mine.
However, the recurring criticism and/or question from these "commentators" is why don't these people just move? I have two responses to you.
The First, by way of example: Remember the Tsunami that happened in Thailand? A bunch of people on expensive vacations got mowed down by an unpredictable, unforeseeable weather event. Not once did I hear anyone ask: why would you go on vacation where there could be a Tsunami? Nope. All the people I know were too busy praying novenas and donating money to go to some country they may never see to stop and ask such a thing.
The more significant reason we don't move away is because this is the kind of place that prays novenas and sends money to places we've never been in the hope of sending help and comfort to people we have never met. We are the kind of people that assemble a volunteer army, and a volunteer navy whose sole mission is to spread love, support and a hot meal to our neighbors and community. We're dropped off in a shelter with a couple thousand of our new friends, and honestly still find a way to laugh together. The Cajun Uber joke on Facebook is priceless. That's it. Our joie de vie is in our DNA, and it grows out of this soil, and it is contagious. But only in this place. On this little part of muddy earth. We know all our cousins. We live a block from our grandparents. Plus the food is really, really good.
Come hell or high water, we're not going anywhere. You're welcome to visit anytime. We promise, no matter what, we will love you anyway, we will always send rescue, and we will always find a way to make you smile. And after all that we will, most definitely, feed you.
Love, The State of Louisiana #unBRoken
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The 2016 Gulf Coast ABA Conference, featuring Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz, will be held October 6-8 in New Orleans at the Le Meridien Hotel.
Featured speaker is Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz, associate professor and chair of the Department of Behavior Analysis at the University of North Texas. “Jesús is one of the few scientists in the world studying animal training from both the theoretical and applied perspectives. He, along with his students, has greatly contributed to the understanding of the science and practice of animal training.”
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Governor Creates New Board for Drug, Crime Prevention
On August 4 Governor Edwards established a new board, the Louisiana Drug Control and Violent Crime Policy Board, by Executive Order.
In the Order, he noted that federal government provides financial assistance to the State to improve the operational effectiveness of our drug and violent crime control efforts through such programs as the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, and that this was one reason for the new board.
Duties of the board will be to create a statewide drug control and violent crime strategy encompassing all components of the criminal justice system, and serve as an advisory body to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice.
The Governor’s Order said that the board will include Superintendent of State Police, or designee; three district attorneys, one each from the eastern, the western, and the middle areas of the state; executive director of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association, or the executive director’s designee; three sheriffs, one each from the eastern, the western, and the middle areas of the state; the executive director of the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association, or the executive director’s designee; chiefs of police, one marshal, and five private citizens who are active in community drug control and prevention.
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Gov. Reestablishes Rehabilitation Council
Governor Edwards reestablished the State Rehabilitation Council saying that it is in the best interests of the citizens to continue providing those with disabilities vocational rehabilitation services and programs. The move was by Executive Order last month.
The Order noted that the federal law provides the state with financial assistance to promote effective programs of vocational rehabilitation under both the Rehabilitation Act and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014.
The duties of the Council are to review, analyze and advise the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Office of Rehabilitation Services, and evaluate the effectiveness of various programs.
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The Psychology Board is once again looking for additional help in the Complaints Coordinator role. At the June board meeting members expressed a concern that Dr. Gardner may not be able to dedicate enough time to the role. The minutes noted, “Complaint Coordinator Position II – Ms. Monic requested that an additional position be considered for the 2016-17 Fiscal Year in order that the backlog of complaints may be investigated timely. Dr. Burnett moved in favor of offering Dr. Erica Meyers, an original applicant for the position, the additional contract, for the same terms as the current Complaint Coordinator contract for FY 2016-17.”
However, at their July meeting, the Executive Director, Ms. Jaime Monic reported “…Dr. Erica Meyer’s circumstances had changed since she first applied and she respectfully declined the position. Dr. Griffin moved that the position be opened to all licensed psychologists and also to reach out to Dr. Greg Gormanous and also inquire with the Board of Ethics if it would be permissible to contract with him if he was interested.”
They had announced at their January 22 meeting that Dr. Chris Garner would take on the duties of Complaints Coordinator after Dr. Zimmermann and Dr. Lambert had three “very well qualified applicants: Dr. Erica Meyers, Dr. Chris Garner and Dr. Jill Hayes…” The board reviewed the candidates in executive session and afterward Zimmermann and Lambert recommended Dr. Garner to fill the position.
Dr. Clinton (Gary) Pettigrew retired from his position as Complaints Coordinator last year after more than 10 years with the board. At the September 2015 meeting Pettigrew received thanks and praise from the board members for his service and assistance. Board members agreed that few people know about the value of his contributions. Chair Dr. Marc Zimmermann said, “We appreciate your 10 years of service in a thankless,” and difficult job.
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The CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) is trying to recruit up to 5000 primary care practices with as many as 20,000 clinicians who will treat 25 million patients. These clinicians will not be limited to beneficiaries of traditional Medicare and so CMS is partnering with private insurers, state Medicaid programs, and Medicare Advantage plans. All involved will agree to adopt the same standards for payment, data sharing, and quality, said a report from Medscape, written by Robert Lowes. The offer includes 14 regions, including all of Arkansas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and others, but not Louisiana. The new model pays $15 per beneficiary per month for care coordination in addition to normal fees, and aims to reduce hospital readmissions.
In a related story, Medicare proposed three new bundled payment approaches for cardiac and orthopedic care that are mandatory, for hospitals in certain geographic areas. Medical societies are worried that the move away from voluntary models is bad news and is a “hard turn.” President of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Thoralf Sundt, MD, said, the government is “getting pushy.”
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Governor Edwards reestablished the Office of Louisiana Youth for Excellence, within the Executive Department, Office of the Governor, Office of Community Programs, by an August Executive Order.
The announcement said that the goals are: Promoting positive youth development by teaching goal setting, leadership development, character building, and integrity in school settings, after school programs and community-based programs. Other goals are: Mitigating the effects of health-risk behaviors for the youth of Louisiana; Reducing the incidence of sexual activity among the youth of Louisiana; Reducing the rate of sexually transmitted infections among the youth of Louisiana; Lowering the pregnancy rate among the youth of Louisiana; and Lowering the number of high-school drop-outs related to health-risk behaviors in Louisiana.
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The Louisiana State University Continuing Education Professional Development Program will sponsor its flagship program, “Fundamentals of Supervision,” beginning in September. The program is offered by the Management and Leadership Institute of the program.
Dr. Courtland Chaney will instruct in the sections, along with Steve Robichaux, Dr. Kerry Sauley, ad Mellinda Stallings.
LSU Continuing Education has provided training and professional development for more than 90 years, and Industrial- Organization (I-O) psychology has been involved in that process for the last 30+ years, said Dr. Chaney. Chaney is a licensed I-O psychologist in Louisiana and instructor at LSU Continuing Education.
Chaney and others in the field offer educational programs under the auspices of the Management and Leadership Institute within LSU Continuing Education, and has been a lead instructor in the creation and teaching of management and leadership development since 1983.
“Over the years,” he said, “we have developed a large portfolio of training and professional development courses pertaining to supervision, management and organization development, with content revisions and new training programs created each and every year.”
He pointed out the important role Continuing Education plays in providing training to working adults.
“Today we have four instructors trained in the field of industrial-organizational psychology developing and teaching part or all of more than a dozen leadership and organization development short courses, all of which are one to three days in length,” he added.
I-O psychology trained instructors include Melinda Stallings and James (Jim) Stodd, both of whom hold Masters in I-O psychology, and Kerry Sauley and Courtland Chaney, both of whom hold doctoral degrees in I-O.
“We are involved in developing custom training programs for client organizations as well as teaching ‘open-enrollment’ short courses on the LSU campus,” explained Chaney.
The current open-enrollment professional development programs taught in part of full by I-O instructors include the following titles:
Fundamentals of Supervision Enhancing Supervisory Performance Developing Your Managerial Effectiveness The Practical & Legal Aspects Staffing Employee Development & Total Rewards Employee Relations & Employment Law Workplace Investigation Essentials Interpersonal Success in the Workplace Effective Management of Compensation & Rewards Strategic Organizational Planning Strategic Communication Building High Performance Organizations Leading Highly Successful Organizational Change
More information is available at www.outreach.lsu.edu
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This is an extraordinarily complex film. It turns the western genre inside out and raises profound questions. Westerns usually celebrate conventional morality and the West as frontier, a promise of newness and growth. This movie begins by taking us to a West in decay, dusty roads decorated by signs offering payday loans, debt relief that the audience knows are spurious.
In this setting, two brothers, their family ranch on the brink of being seized for defaulting on usurious loans and an exploitative reverse mortgage, plan a series of robberies of the predatory bank involved.
Their desperate attempt, madcap in its origins, turns bloody, bringing a pair of Texas Rangers on their trail. The two brothers, as different as Abel and Cain, are bonded by their love for each other as well as their outrage at the prospect of losing the family ranch to the ravages of money grubbing.
The pursuing Rangers, too, are an unlikely pair, a seasoned old pro who constantly chivvies his Indian junior with racial slurs, and his stoic victim who is acutely aware of but largely silent about the injustice of his ancestors’ having been dispossessed by the white man. Despite their differences, the Rangers, too, are closely bonded, not just by their shared profession, but by a genuine love.
One of the strengths of the movie is letting us see these four interact with each other and with other minor but striking characters caught in the grip of the hell and high water of a fading way of life. These include a termagant old waitress who rides stern herd on her Ranger guests; another waitress, who, touched by the good looks and generous tip from Toby, the younger brother, refuses to betray him to the police; a smarmy bank executive who tries to undermine the efforts to forestall the foreclosure; a couple of wilding teenagers; and a dark and frightening Comanche gambler who confronts Tanner, the older brother.
Perhaps the darkest, most interesting, though not the most engaging character in this story, is the older brother. Tanner is a career criminal, having served time for bank robberies in the past, and, in a fit of rage, having killed his father. The episode when Tanner is confronted by the Comanche in the casino is revealing. He asks the Indian if he is a Comanche and if that means Lord of the Plains. The Indian replies that Comanche means the enemy of all, then, staring steel-eyed at Tanner, asks, “What does that make you?” Tanner’s response: “Comanche.”
Given his history, the violence and lust for excitement shown in the story, one might see Tanner as a psychopath. On the other hand, Tanner is deeply attached to his brother, despite his doubts, agrees to the robbery plan because his brother asks it of him, and, in the finale, puts himself at risk to help his brother escape.
Loving another would foreclose conventional psychopathy. His slaying of his father can be seen as a metaphor for, as well as an expression of, the rejection of conventional morality, but Tanner does seem to have a commitment to a deviant ethic, a form of sociopathy.
The film ends with a meeting of the now retired old Ranger and the younger brother. It ends with their mutual acknowledgement that both are haunted by what they have experienced.
Hell Or High Water is a tour de force. It gives us a new Western, one that is a celebration of irretrievable loss. The loss of the West as mythic place, a world of clear right and wrong, good guys and bad guys, of promising new beginnings.
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According to a press release from the American Psychological Association, the Council of Representatives meet at its August convention in Denver and voted to approve revisions to Standard 3.04 of the APA Ethics Code (Avoiding Harm). The revision was crafted by the Ethics Committee and includes language prohibiting psychologists from participating in torture.
The wording specifically defines the term as "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person." The revised standard focuses on the behavior of the psychologist rather than on the setting in which the behavior happens, said the authors.
The Council considered a resolution to provide support and assistance to military and national security psychologists who are trying to conform to the ethics code. The announcement said that this had previously been considered but after the Hoffman Report a resolution was passed prohibiting psychologists work in national security interrogations. The measure would allow psychologists to provide mental health services to detainees. “Due to the complexity of the issue, the council decided to postpone its consideration until the February 2017 council meeting.”
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A study released by the Vera Institute of Justice found that the number of women being incarcerated in jails has increased 14-fold since 1970. Women’s incarceration rate is the highest growth rate in any segment of the correctional populations. The Vera Institute of Justice has offices in Washington DC, New York, Los Angeles, and New Orleans.
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