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News Flash: Binge-Eating (307.51) in DSM-5

Posted on 21 May 2013. Tags: ADD, ADHD, African-American, anorexia, atlanta, binge-eating, bipolar, black, blog, BMI, bulemia, cardiovascular problems, celebrity, Current events, death, depression, diabetes, diagnosis, disorder, doctor, fat, female, free, Georgia, Hypertension, Information, Keywords: Psychiatrist, male, MD, Medically Speaking, mental health, morehouse college, Newsworthy, overweight, pictures, podcast, radio, relationship, sadness, schizophrenia, videos, YouTube

I thought that this would be an appropriate post for all you late night and recurrent binge-eaters. The question is, ”Does your pattern of late night and recurrent episodes of late night eating meet criteria for DSM-V Binge Eating? Many of us are chronic dieters. We go from Jenny Craig to Weight Watchers to the [...]

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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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One Body, Multiple Personalities: Diving into Multiple Personality Disorder

Posted on 16 May 2013. Tags: abuse, ADD, ADHD, African-American, alters, anxiety, AskDrO.com, atlanta, bipolar, black, blog, celebrity, Current events, depression, diagnosis, disorder, doctor, female, free, Georgia, Information, male, MD, Medically Speaking, mental health, morehouse college, multiple personality disorder, Newsworthy, pictures, podcast, psychiatrist, radio, relationship, schizophrenia, videos, YouTube

Okay, now I know many of us may us the term “crazy” fairly loosely but there are actually people who have some crazed behaviors that are not all that easy to understand or pin down with a diagnosis. These actions may include speaking in different voices/accents, hearing voices, acting out of character, anxiety, confusion and [...]

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Say It Aint So! Tyler Perry Outed By Gay Male Companion: Check Out Walter Hampton’s Video

Posted on 15 May 2013. Tags: black, blast, community, depression, faggot, flamboyant, gay, homesexual, lover, Madea, male, Media Play, mediatakeout.com, Oprah, opraj, out, outed, perry, queen, stiches, stitches, stunt, take, tyler, video, wolrd, YouTube

According to Media Take Out Tyler Perry’s Male companion outed him and then shortly after he received stitches Apparently this is the season for “Outing Your Friends”. Walter Hampton has not only shocked the black gay community but as well as the world. Walter released a 16 minute video on YouTube dragging Tyler through the mud [...]

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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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