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Michael Bloch, MD, MS

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Professor in the Child Study Center

Titles

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

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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

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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)

Anxiety; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Child Psychiatry; Depression; Meta-Analysis; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Psychopharmacology; Tourette Syndrome; Trichotillomania

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Michael Bloch's published research.

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Clinical Trials

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Academic Achievements and Community Involvement

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    Reviewer

    Peer Review Groups and Grant Study SectionsNIH Brain Disorders and Related Neurosciences Fellowship Study Section (F01A)
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    Grant Reviewer

    Peer Review Groups and Grant Study SectionsInternational OCD Foundation
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    Editor

    Journal ServiceJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
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    Editorial Board

    Peer Review Groups and Grant Study SectionsDepression and Anxiety
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    Editor

    Journal ServiceJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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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

Psychiatry; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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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

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    230 South Frontage Road

    New Haven, CT 06519

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