Michael Bloch, MD, MS
Professor in the Child Study CenterCards
About
Titles
Professor in the Child Study Center
Director and Co-Founder of the Pediatric Depression Clinic, Child Study Center; Co-Director of the T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Childhood Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Child Study Center; Associate Program Director, Albert J. Solnit Integrated Training Program, Child Study Center; Co-Director of the Tic and OCD Program, Child Study Center
Biography
Michael H. Bloch, M.D., M.S. graduated from Yale School of Medicine and completed his child and adult psychiatry training at Yale. His research interests focus on studying Tourette syndrome (TS), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and trichotillomania (TTM) across the lifespan and developing better pharmacological treatments for children with depression, anxiety and ADHD. His research focuses on developing better treatments for children and adults with these conditions particularly through clinical trials and meta-analysis.
Dr. Bloch is also the associate training director of the Child Study Center's innovative psychiatry residency program. The Solnit Integrated Program provides psychiatrists-in-training with the opportunity to integrate general, child and research psychiatry across all stages of their career and will be a major pathway by which the next generation of academic leaders in child psychiatry are developed
Appointments
Child Study Center
ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Albert J. Solnit Integrated Training Program
- Center for Brain & Mind Health
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program
- Child Study Center
- Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit
- MR Center
- Neuroscience Research Training Program (NRTP)
- Tic Disorder & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Program
- Yale Depression Research Program
- Yale Medicine
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- Child and Adult Psychiatry Integrated Training Program Resident
- Yale University (2010)
- MS
- Yale University, Chronic Disease Epidemiology (2009)
- MD
- Yale University School of Medicine (2004)
- BA
- University of Pennsylvania, Biology (2000)
Research
Overview
Michael H. Bloch, M.D., M.S. graduated from Yale School of Medicine and completed his child and adult psychiatry training at Yale. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Yale Child Study Center. His research focuses on evidence-based medicine and developing improved treatments for individuals with mental illness across the lifespan using clinical trials and meta-analysis. His clinical and research interests concentrate on depression, anxiety, Tourette syndrome, ADHD, trichotillomania and OCD across the lifespan. He has published over 125 peer-reviewed manuscripts and was co-editor of the fifth edition of the Lewis Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology and Depression and Anxiety.
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
Clinical Care
Overview
Michael Bloch, MD, MS, specializes in child and adolescent psychiatry. In his clinical practice, Dr. Block treats various conditions, such as Tourette syndrome, tic disorder, anxiety, and body dysmorphic disorder. He is the director and co-founder of the Pediatric Depression Clinic and co-director of the Tic and OCD Program.
Dr. Bloch's research interests include mental health and treatment resistance, developmental disorders, pharmacological interventions, and neurodevelopment. His work explores ADHD, trichotillomania, skin-picking disorder, and treatment-resistant depression. His research on the link between birth season and schizophrenia risk, and the use of human brain organoids to study Tourette's syndrome, has earned recognition in the medical community.
Dr. Bloch has received the Keese Prize, the Seymour L. Lustman Award for Psychiatry Research in Residency, the Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Award for Scientific Achievement, and the National Institute of Health Loan Repayment Program Award. He has also received support from the National Institute of Mental Health for projects aimed at reducing adolescent suicide risk and training programs in childhood neuropsychiatric disorders.
Dr. Block is an associate professor at the Yale Child Study Center.
Clinical Specialties
Fact Sheets
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Board Certifications
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Certification Organization
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Original Certification Date
- 2017
Psychiatry
- Certification Organization
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Original Certification Date
- 2012
Yale Medicine News
Links & Media
News
- July 01, 2024
Yale Child Study Center recognizes 2024 award recipients and retirees
- June 25, 2024
Forty trainees recognized at annual Yale Child Study Center graduation event
- May 31, 2024
Honoring YCSC faculty & staff for long-term service at Yale
- August 03, 2023Source: CNN
Nothing worked for her teenage son's depression, until his doctor suggested ketamine