Posted on 06 May 2013. Tags: ADD, ADHD, African-American, ask Dr. O, atlanta, behavior, bipolar, black, blog, celebrity, Current events, depression, diagnosis, disorder, doctor, female, free, Georgia, Information, male, MD, Medically Speaking, mental health, morehouse college, Newsworthy, pictures, podcast, psychiatrist, radio, relationship, schizophrenia, videos, women, YouTube
This is a very common question that I am always asked by a number of under treated patients. Under treated could mean no medication, no psychotherapy or both. It is important, with brain diseases (mental illnesses) as with other somatic disorders, hypertension and diabetes just to name a few, to get the appropriate treatment. Oftentimes, [...]
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Posted on 06 May 2013. Tags: abuse, Americas, bad, break-up, celebrity, chris brown, entertainment, famous, girl, Halle Berry, ike, mel gibson, Mike Tyson, models, Obama, pamela anderson, physically, pop, relationships, rihanna, ririr, robyn givens, role, star, Tina Turner, tommy lee
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Once again, Mr. Brown has shared with the public that this up and down, ying and yang relationship has concluded. I can only emphasize the vicious cycle of abusive relationships. In my book “Am I in a Bad Relationship” there is a section inspired by [...]
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Posted on 03 May 2013. Tags: abuse, African-American, anxiety, ask Dr. O, AskDrO.com, AUC, bad, broken, Clark University, confusion, D.owens, depression, fondle, gay, gender, God, hbcu, homosexual, listen, men raping men, Morehouse, morehouse college, penetration, rame, rape, relationship, religion, role, sexual harassment, sexual molestation, sexuality, silence, sodomy, spelman, straight
This was a very moving interview for me. The students were very vivid and candid with me. I must say I really learned a lot. All three of them were very articulate, informed and educated. I was forced to listen to their passion. I was forced to understand where they were coming from today. I [...]
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Posted on 02 May 2013. Tags: abuse, affair, African-American, anchor, anger, anxiety, ask Dr. O, askdro, atlanta, behavior, black, black celebrity news, blog, change, cheating, counter trasnference, D.owens, deception, disorder, doctor, Dr. O, drunk, emotionally, forced, group, hospital, infidelity, license, Marriage, nurse, patient, physical examination, psychiatrist, psychotherapy, relationship, sex, therapist, therapy, transference, unfaithful, vulnerable, warning, wsbtv
We are now in trouble. Have we hit rock bottom. This is a problem. Wsbtv.com reported that an African-American nurse came to work a little tipsy (BAL .16), pulled a patient out of group, and began to touch him inappropriately. Now, I have heard of allegations where the patient might have been sleep or in an physical [...]
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Posted on 02 May 2013. Tags: abuse, argue, Asian, bad, black, black media scoop, cash flow, communication, dissagreements, Divorce, ejaculation, excessive, expectations, healthy, hometown, husband, infidelity, intimacy, issues, lack, marital, men, neglect, poor, premature, problems, relationship, romantic, separation, sex, signs, struggles, unemployment, White, wife, women, working, worng
Relationships are work. Period. The majority of people involved in them want the best for themselves and their partner. Being compatible with someone you enjoy spending time with can be an amazing feeling but as can be expected, spending so much time together with one person will ultimately lead to disagreements about something at one point or [...]
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Posted on 01 May 2013. Tags: 4, abuse, affair, African-American, anger, anxiety, ask Dr. O, askdro, AskDrO.com, assault, Barack Obama, behavior, black, blog, commencement, D.owens, deception, disorder, Dr. O, Family, forgiveness, hbcu, homosexual, Marriage, men, morehouse college, out of control, president, relationships, sexual, sexual harassment, women
Say it ain’t so…. This is what happens when you admit any and everyone into your institution of higher learning. Yes,In am of the opinion that Morehouse has changed its admission standards and now we are becoming the subject of media take-outs every six months. I will defend my Alma Mater, Morehouse College but I [...]
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