Live Event – Importance Of Adherence To Outcomes In Schizophrenia & Bipolar Disorder

David Block, MD, MMM, FAPA

Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Western University of Health Sciences, Loma Linda University and California University of Health and Medicine; Private Practitioner, Costa Mesa, CA

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Dr. David Block, a psychiatrist in Orange County, CA, is dual board-certified in psychiatry and addiction medicine and was elected to become a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association in January 2014. Currently, he is the Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Western University of Health Sciences, Loma Linda University and California University of Health and Medicine, and is a Private Practitioner in Costa Mesa, CA. Dr. Block has worked extensively in college mental health, managed health care, and community treatment settings with severely and persistently mentally ill individuals. He has extensive clinical experience working with individuals with PTSD, from both his public and private sector work, Additionally, he has written several articles in the psychiatric literature and taught seminars and lectures to students training in the mental health professions.

Sucharita Somkuwar, PhD, BPharm (OPDC)

Clinical & Scientific Liaison

Speaker David Block, MD, MMM is a paid consultants for Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.
Speaker Sucharita Somkuwar, PhD, BPharm is an employee of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.

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