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Post-Tramatic Stress Disorder And Suicide

Posted on 08 September 2011. Tags: askdro suicide, mental health, national suicide prevention week, post-tramatic stress disorder, ptsd suicide, statistics, Suicide, suicide ptsd

During National Suicide Prevention Week it’s important to shed light on a variety of topics that may lead to suicide. Post-Tramatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a condition that develops after a life-threatening event. These events can include: Combat or military exposure Child sexual or physical abuse Terrorist attacks Sexual or physical assault Serious accidents, [...]

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BAD NEWS: Aretha Franklin Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer

Posted on 08 December 2010. Tags: African-American, age, alcohol, anger, anxiety, Aretha Franklin, artist, AskDrO.com, attributes, behavior, black, blog, bowel, cancer, change, condition, D.owens, depression, Detroit, disorder, Dr. O, factors, Family, female, gastrointestinal, health, illness, issues, jaundice, malignant, mental, owens, pancreatic cancer, psychological, queen, R&B, singer, Soul, statistics, surgery, warning, weight, woman, women, worsen

…and we all thought it was JUST gastric bypass for cosmetic reasons…turns out that it’s something worse. The doctors’ recommendations which sidelined the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin from further concerts proved to be a result of pancreatic cancer, which means that RIGHT after we have prayed for her safe recovery from surgery, we must [...]

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Why Can’t Shaniqua and Ray-Ray Read? AskDrO

Posted on 28 November 2010. Tags: 504 plan, abuse, academics, ADHD, administrators, admittance, African-American, anger, anxiety, askdro, AskDrO.com, atlanta, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, behaviot, black, blog, boy, change, charter school, children, college, conference, D.owens, depression, diplomas, disability, disorder, Dr. O, education, excellence, failure, fathers, fault, female, Georgia, girl, graduation, IEP, institution, jail, kids, learning, literacy, male, math, meeting, men, mothers, out of control, owens, parent-teacher association, parents, percentage, phenomena, phonics, PTA, public school, pupil, Ray-Ray, reading, relationship, relationships, School, school board, Shaniqua, statistics, student, success, superintendent, system, teacher, warning, women, youth

Recent statistics show that only 50% of African-American students graduate in four years. I remember channel surfacing on day and stopped on BET’s popular music show 106 and Park. Their guest for the day was Will and Jada Pinkett’s nine year old daughter at the time, Willow Smith. 106 gave her a plaque to celebrate [...]

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Bristol vs. Brandy: Sign of Things To Come?

Posted on 18 November 2010. Tags: 2012, abuse, African-American, America, anger, anxiety, ask Dr. O, askdro, AskDrO.com, Barack Obama, behavior, black, blog, Brandy, Bristol Palin, change, coalescing, conspiracy, country, D.owens, dancer, dancing, Dancing with the Stars, deception, Democratic, dismissal, Dr. O, dwight, election, embarrassment, entertainment, experiment, infidelity, injustice, judging, majority, man, Media Play, men, minority, music, nation, republican, rumors, Sarah Palin, statistics, television, test, theory, unfair, Vice President, votes, Whites, Wisconsin, woman, women

After the Dancing With The Stars results show on Monday, I don’t blame the Wisconsin man who shot at his TV. In contrast to her victor who can only boast on the fact she’s been ranked near the bottom of the dance teams six times, Brandy has gracefully wowed the audience and judges from the [...]

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Clifford “T.I.” Harris: This One Ain’t The “Big Easy!” (AskDrO Updates On T.I.’s Legal Issues)

Posted on 21 September 2010. Tags: abuse, anger, ask Dr. O, askdro, behavior, black, blog, Clifford Harris, D.owens, deception, dog fighting, Dr. O, dwight, ecstasy, fathers, felony, Georgia, incarceration, MDMA, men, michael vick, misled, obsessive, owens, relations, relationship, relationships, rumors, statistics, T.I.

As of June 30, 2006: The number of White people incarcerated was 400/100,000 persons compared to 2,468/100,000 persons for Black people. The number of White males incarcerated was 736/100,000 and Black males incarcerated was 4,789/100,000 persons . More specific for T.I. (a 29 year old African-American male) as of June 30, 2009 there were 1,685/100,000 [...]

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AskDrO Wants To Know, “Is Your Child At Risk For Suicide?”

Posted on 14 September 2010. Tags: abuse, alcohol, anger, anxiety, ask Dr. O, askdro, behavior, black, blog, boys, bully, bullying, change, children, communication, community, complusive, D.owens, deception, depression, disorder, Divorce, Dr. O, dwight, fault, forgiveness, gay, girls, homosexual, identification, lesbian, loneliness, loss, lying, Marriage, MD, men, misled, mood, out of control, owens, parent, problems, professional, psychiatry, relations, relationship, relationships, School, statistics, students, substance, Suicide, treatment, warning, women, young, youth

Statistics: Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death in children ages 15-24 It is the leading cause of death for gay and lesbian youths (1,500/year) Children as young as five years old have completed suicide Guns, Suffocation and poisoning are the major methods From 15-19, four times as many boys kill themselves than girls [...]

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