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Your Child Ain’t Bipolar! Updates from the DSM-5

Posted on 21 May 2013. Tags: ADHD, Bipolar I, Bipolar II, Child mood disorder, Classification, DSM-V, Dysregulation, fights, Irritability, Mood Disorder, out of control, student, Suspensions, Temper Tantrums, trouble

If you are like me, I am sure that you are tired of people calling every young man or young woman with a series of temper outbursts automatically Bipolar Disorder. Well, the DSM-5 Task Force has decided to take a closer look at the constellation of several symptoms that may look like this disorder, but [...]

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Breaking News from San Francisco: DSM-V Now Recognizes ADHD in Adults! WOW

Posted on 20 May 2013.

Well it has been a long time coming but this morning, while at the APA meeting in San Francisco, I learned that adults can now be diagnosed (DSM-V) as having ADHD. This is a milestone for our discipline of medicine. For a long time we had removed the (H) out after an individual became and [...]

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I Hate My Boss..But Need My Job to Survive and Live!

Posted on 15 May 2013. Tags: anger, ask Dr. O, askdro, change, depression, disability, job, kill, men, Occupational problems, Occupational Stress, resignation, unemployment, unhappy

Check out the office climate before signing-on to a new job because if your are unhappy your productivity could suffer.

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Woman Singing Whitney Houston Kicked Off Plane!WOW Is She Having a Nervous Breakdown?

Posted on 14 May 2013. Tags: African-American, anger, anxiety, ask Dr. O, AskDrO.com, behavior, black, black celebrity news, blog, D.owens, Dr. O, dwight, love, Marriage, men, out of control, relationship, women

Now y’all know that I love Whitney Houston and I grew-up listening to her music. However, we have to learn that all things just ain’t appropriate in all places. While in Kansas, a lady got removed from the plane while singing one of Whitney’s greatest hits. She says that it was her diabetes, but who knows [...]

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Detroit Mom Goes OFF for Mothers Day Dr.O Weighs In

Posted on 09 May 2013. Tags: African-American, black, blog, bossip, caught, city, cops, council, cursing, Detroit, folk, fox, funny, ghetto, goes off, government, governor, hilarious, mayor, Media Play, Michigan, mom, Newsworthy, on, pliticians, post, proverty, reporter, scoop, state, tape, tv, video, workers, YouTube

Detroit Crime Statistics are actually decreasing however, this mom ain’t having it. I would like to open-up the Mother’s day series for 2013 with this Detroit Mother. Of course, some of you may not be able to handle the language but she has spoke “TRUTH.” It is high time that we as Black Americans take [...]

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