Bernard Project recently expanded to rebuild homes in New Orleans and opened a center for wellness and mental health, offering residents one-on-one and group counseling, among other clinical services.

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Center Director Dr. Kimberly Chang says that the clinic is designed to help patients develop a network of support through health coaches who provide one-to-one lifestyle counseling and group visits where several patients come together to learn about topics such as nutrition, exercise, and chronic disease management from clinic staff.

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"All patients want to hear that you don't need to have something invasive, " said Laura Limone, genetic-counseling supervisor at the perinatal group and a member of Sequenom's speakers bureau.

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She is co-head of the insurance recovery and counseling group.

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And the military still reports that it's short-handed for mental health professionals and, because of the vacancies, that means either veterans don't see a doctor at all, there's delay seeing a doctor, the veteran is put in group therapy instead of individual or the veteran is given prescription drugs instead of receiving one-on-one counseling, which is the best standard.

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