DavidRobertBlockMD, MMM, FAPA(he/him)

Addiction, Community, Integrative Psychiatry

President/CEO of David R. Block, MD, A Professional Medical Corporation

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Office
David R. Block, MD, A Professional Medical Corporation
2900 Bristol Street Suite J-204
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Phone+1 949-333-2018

Fax+1 949-354-0590

Dr. David R. Block is a board-certified psychiatrist and board-certified addiction medicine physician, who practices in Costa Mesa, Calif. and San Bernardino County, Calif. He is on clinical faculty with multiple medical schools in southern California. He received his undergraduate degree with honors from Brown University, medical degree from University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, completed residency training at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and earned a master degree in medical management from University of Southern California. He has been in practice for nearly 20 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. He specializes in General Psychiatry, Addiction, Community, Integrative Psychiatry and is experienced in Psychotherapy, Alternative medicine, Healthcare administration, Integrative medicine, Clinical resource and utilization management.

University of Southern California, Marshall School of BusinessMaster of Medical Management, Business, 2015 - 2016
Butler Hospital/Brown UniversityResidency, Psychiatry, 2004 - 2008
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 2004, Doctor of Medicine
Brown UniversityBachelor of Arts, Biomedical Ethics and Biology, With Honors, 1995 - 1999

PubMed

Journal Articles

Brain Stimulation Therapies for Treatment-Resistant Depression
Block DR, Psychiatric Times, 1/1/2008
Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Diagnostic and Treatment Issues
Block DR, Kelly MM, Carpenter LL, Directions in Psychiatry, 1/1/2006
Managing Managed Care
Block D, Buffalo Physician, 1/1/2001

Books/Book Chapters

Essentials of Clinical Psychopharmacology
Chapter: Sertraline
Page 49.0 - 68.0Carpenter LL, Yonkers KA, Schatzberg AF, Block DREditors: Schatzberg AF and Nemeroff CB.American Psychiatric Publishing, Washington, DCEdition Thir,2013
The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology
Chapter: Sertraline
Page 307.0 - 320.0Block DR, Yonkers KA, Carpenter LLEditors: Schatzberg AF and Nemeroff CB.American Psychiatric Publishing, Washington, DCEdition Four,2009

Abstracts/Posters

Working in the Shadows
Block D, Professing Medicine, American Medical Association, Chicago, 1/1/2001

Lectures

Introduction to Mood Disorders
Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific - 1/1/2017
Introduction to Psychotic Disorders
Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific - 1/1/2017
Pain, Substance Use Disorders, and Addiction.
Inland Empire Health Plan - 1/1/2017
Psychopharmacology: A Review.
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center - 1/1/2014
The Recovery Model: A Rehabilitative System of Care.
1/1/2013
Biopsychosocial Approach and Psychiatric Treatment of Mental Illness
Long Beach, California, 2010; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Counseling Center, 20 - 1/1/2012
Multiaxial Assessment in Psychiatry
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Counseling Center - 1/1/2012
Brief Introduction to Psychiatric Approach and Treatment of Mental Illness
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California - 1/1/2009
Ethical Aspects of Treatment and Prevention of Tuberculosis: The Intersection of Bioethics and Public Health
Toronto, Ontario - 1/1/2008
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch: Psychiatry Residents’ Perception of Pharmaceutical Company Influence
Tucson, Arizona - 1/1/2005
Globalization and International Public Health: Realizing Health for All in the Twenty-first Century.
Beaumont, Texas - 1/1/2000
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