Donald W. Black (born February 15, 1956)[1] is an American psychiatrist, researcher and professor emeritus of psychiatry at the University of Iowa.
[3][6] Black served on the faculty of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine from 1986 to 2020, and for many years directed the psychiatry training program.
He has also served as Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health at the Iowa City Veterans Administration hospital.
With colleague Nancee Blum, a psychotherapist and social worker, he demonstrated the effectiveness of Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS), a group treatment for those with borderline personality disorder.
He is co-author with Nancy C. Andreasen of the bestselling Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry, now in its seventh edition, which has been translated into many languages.