Mr. Jerald Joseph Block MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
1314 Nw Irving St Suite 508 Portland OR, 97209About
Dr. Jerald Block is a psychiatrist practicing in Portland, OR. Dr. Block is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Block diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Block may treat patients through a variety of methods including medications, psychotherapy or talk therapy, psychosocial interventions and more, depending on each individual case. Different medications that a psychiatrist might prescribe include antidepressants, antipsychotic mediations, mood stabilizers, stimulants, sedatives and hypnotics. Dr. Block treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
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Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Use of a TENS unit to treat self-cutting in a patient with borderline personality disorder.
- Ethical concerns regarding olanzapine versus placebo in patients prodromally symptomatic for psychosis.
- Lack of association between video game exposure and school performance.
- Prevalence underestimated in problematic Internet use study.
- Omissions and errors in "media violence and the American public".
- Issues for DSM-V: internet addiction.
- Chronic neonatal N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonism with MK-801 increases the number of corticospinal cells retained into adulthood in the rat.
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