Psychiatry

Donald W. Black, MD

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Consultant Psychiatrist
Professor, IA Consortium for Substance Abuse
Director, Psychiatry Residency Training
Vice Chair for Education, Dept. of Psychiatry
Staff Psychiatrist
Professor of Psychiatry

Contact Information

Office: 2-126-B Medical Education Building
Iowa City, IA 52242
Office Phone: 319-353-4431

Email: donald-black@uiowa.edu

Education

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
BA, Human Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
MD, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
MS, Prevention Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Fellowship, Psychiatric Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Residency, Psychiatry, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA

Licensure and Certifications

Psychiatry Board Certification, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Education/Training Program Affiliations

Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Translational Biomedicine

Research Summary

Mortality and suicide in psychiatric patients, Psychiatric genetics, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Impulse control disorders, Severe/Antisocial/Borderline personality disorders, Pathological gambling, Correctional psychiatry

Selected Publications

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Genome-wide association study of clinical dimensions of schizophrenia: polygenic effect on disorganized symptoms.  Fanous A, Zhou B, Aggen S, Bergen S, Amdur R, Duan j, Sanders A, Shi J, Mowry B, Olincy A, Amin F, Cloninger C, Silverman J, Buccola N, Byerley W, Black D, Freedman R, Dudbridge F, Holmans P, Ripke S, Gejman P, Kendler K, Levinson D.  Am J Psychiatry.  2012  December; 169 (12) :1309-17.
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Prevalence of problem gambling in Iowa: Revisiting Shaffer's adaptation hypothesis.  Black D, McCormick B, Losch M, Shaw M, Lutz G, Allen J.  Ann Clin Psychiatry.  2012  November; 24 (4) :279-84.
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Marital status, childhood maltreatment, and family dysfunction: a controlled study of pathological gambling.  Black D, Shaw M, McCormick B, Allen J.  J Clin Psychiatry.  2012  October (4th Quarter/Autumn); 73 (10) :1293-7.
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Can negative attitudes toward patients with borderline personality disorder be changed? The effect of attending a STEPPS workshop.  Shanks C, Pfohl B, Blum N, Black D.  J Pers Disord.  2011  December; 25 (6) :806-12.
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Common variants on chromosome 6p22.1 are associated with schizophrenia.  Shi J, Levinson D, Duan J, Sanders A, Zheng Y, Pe'er I, Dudbridge F, Holmans P, Whittemore A, Mowry B, Olincy A, Amin F, Cloninger C, Silverman J, Buccola N, Byerley W, Black D, Crowe R, JR O, Mirel D, Kendler K, Freedman R, Gejman P.  Nature.  2009  August; 460 (7256) :753-7.
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Reliability and validity of the Borderline Evaluation of Severity Over Time (BEST): a self-rated scale to measure severity and change in persons with borderline personality disorder.  Pfohl B, Blum N, St John D, McCormick B, Allen J, Black D.  J Pers Disord.  2009  June; 23 (3) :281-93.
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Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) for outpatients with borderline personality disorder: a randomized controlled trial and 1-year follow-up.  Blum N, St John D, Pfohl B, Stuart S, McCormick B, Allen J, Arndt S, Black D.  Am J Psychiatry.  2008  April (2nd Quarter/Spring); 165 (4) :468-78.
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Borderline personality disorder in male and female offenders newly committed to prison.  Black D, Gunter T, Allen J, Blum N, Arndt S, Wenman G, Sieleni B.  Compr Psychiatry.  2007  September; 48 (5) :400-5.
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Bupropion in the treatment of pathological gambling: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, flexible-dose study.  Black D, Arndt S, Coryell W, Argo T, Forbush K, Shaw M, Perry P, Allen J.  J Clin Psychopharmacol.  2007  April (2nd Quarter/Spring); 27 (2) :143-50.
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Compulsive buying disorder: a review of the evidence.  Black D.  CNS Spectr.  2007  February; 12 (2) :124-32.
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Date Last Modified: 01/08/2013 - 17:05:00