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Laughter is the Best Medicine!

A good, hearty laugh relieves physical tension and stress, leaving your muscles relaxed for up to 45 minutes after. Laughter boosts the immune system. Laughter decreases stress hormones and increases immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, thus improving your resistance to disease.

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Mental Illness is a harsh reality to some. Many people feel that because there are no lab test, x-ray or physical manifestation of mental illness means that it is not real. The whole truth is that it is real.

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.

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Racism and Election 2016: Fact or Fiction

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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October 6, 2016
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| DSM-V, Politics, Race Relations, Racism, Top Featured

As a psychiatrist, it just appears to me that things are getting worse. It appears that candidates can say just about anything with no repercussions.

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Cognitive Tests: Socially & Culturally Biased?

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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March 31, 2016
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| Education, Mental Health, Top Featured, Videos

Cognitive tests measure intellectual ability by assessing verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, processing speed and working memory.

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What are Black People OVERALL Still SO Angry?#Trayvon Martin Case

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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April 16, 2012
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| Celebrities, DSM-IV Notes, Education, Enough Said!, Family, law, Love and Happiness, Mental Health, Politics, Race Relations, Racism, Relationships, Videos, What's Hot

It has been brought to my attention that several of my blog posts and my YouTube videos  can actually illicit the emotion of “anger.” Whether intentionally or non-intentionally,  the feelings invoked in an individual person after or during reading any one of my post,are simply individualized. I had to ask myself the following questions;   (1)AM I an angry […]

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