2 100 6429 http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/a8ba2a285666d17892e540acb96b0eb1.pdf 7200f8e7693fd94dba99cb61728cc6f7 PDF Text Text March 18, 1991 Harry Prosen, M.D. Chairman, Department of Psychiatry Medical College of Wisconsin 9455 Watertown Plank Road Milwaukee, WI 53226 Dear Dr. Prosen, is with pleasure that I write this letter It behalf of DONALD P. HAY, M.D., in of his of recommendation promotion to the rank of Associate Professor. I have known Don for the past four years in his research and writing on ECT and geriatric psychjiatry, and in his work with the Association for Convulsive Therapy. As Editor of Convulsive Therapv, I have often asked his advice about the suitability of articles submitted to the journal, and we have published some of his case material. He has an active clinical practice from which he has abstracted his experience in a useful teaching fashion. He has an interest in education, and has been an active member of numerous psychiatric organizations. He is willing to assume responsibility, and has been elected Executive Director of the Association for Convulsive on support Therapy in 1989. is a dedicated, enthusiastic, empathic, and intelligent psychiatrist. He has a well organized mind, knows the literature, and is exceptionally sophisticated with regard to ECT and the special problems of the treatment of the elderly. He speaks well at meetings, command and Don has a good of teaching techniques. I am pleased to recommend his promotion to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry, and do so with enthusiasm. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/b91ecc3a447780fdbf12cea7941ffa87.pdf 832148cc819bf1da265b5eeb94f4bc5e PDF Text Text April 5, 1991 Ms. Rita Scheman Raven Press 1185 Avenue of the Americas New York City 10036 Dear Rita, am responding to your request for advice regarding the publication of the 1990 ACNP Satellite Conference proceedings on the development of new antipsychotic medications. am well acquainted with the organizers of the meeting and with most of the participants. believe that this symposium was Sandoz-supported (possibly with contributions from other drug manufacturers). As such, the main thrust was an exposure by laboratory researchers of their newest putative antipsychotic entities. These substances have been selected for their similarities in pharmacology to that of clozapine, which is being touted as a major advance in psychopharmacology [which it is not]. I I I As is generally true for such proceedings, the better material will be published in refereed journals; the material in the book will be either re-hashes or so preliminary that it would usually not pass muster before responsible editors. To answer your specific queries: 1. no comment 2. No. 3. Yes. 4. No. It is not clear from the outline for whom such a book would be intended. Libraries are cutting back on their purchases, and if were asked by my librarian, would surely not approve the purchase of such a melange. Especially, if had to choose between such books and journal subscriptions (as have been asked each of the past two years). presume the main market is the researchers themselves (and their mothers) and industry libraries. Such a market seems limited, and such a book will probably require considerable subvention. I I I l I �Ms. Rita Scheman Page 2 Two attitudes regarding publication seem reasonable. A non-judgmental attitude would argue that such preliminary material may stimulate research and eventually lead to new drug therapies. But the critical publisher would know that the best material, the most illuminating and stimulating, will be published in the main journals, and that nothing will be lost by denying this publication in a book form, with limited distribution and limited (to no) indexing. A more cynical attitude may also be taken. Since these articles were selected with the support and encouragement of the pharmaceutical industry, and since the industry will gain the most benefit from such a book [they will surely peddle it to the FDA and their Boards of Directors as evidence of ’scientific’ validity], there is no reason why Raven Press should not publish the book provided the industry guarantees the purchase of sufficient copies for their use and distribution, or a sufficient subvention to justify this type of selfadulatory and limited interest publication. I trust these comments are helpful. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/6f5f30c0c6d17baa3175ea3dbe192f90.pdf ca3fc8d9ff4963af2b7a38edbe693656 PDF Text Text April 19, 1991 Dr. J .A.G. Watt Gartnaval Royal Hospital Psychiatric Services 1055 Great Western Road Glasgow G12 OXH United Kingdom Dear Dr. Watt, You suggest that two groups be studied, one of major depressed of the mild type and another of dysthymia of 6 months to 2 years duration. Alas, you will not be justified to use ECT in either population. For depressives of mild type, you will surely exclude those with melancholia, psychosis, and suicidality precisely the best candidates for ECT. As for dysthymics, such as are identifiable are those who are chronically ill, for durations measured in years or decades, and who in the older days, were identified as ’neurotic’ or ’reactive’ depressed. Surely, not candidates for ECT. -— ECT remains a treatment for severely ill patients, those who are hospitalized or who warrant hospitalization. Any study which suggests its use in those with lesser degrees of illness will be difficult, in our society at least. As for power calculations, these are quite easy. If delusional depressed are selected, the success with ECT will bhe 60-80%, with any antidepressant alone, less than 30%; a power calculation will find about 30 patients in each cell will do nicely. Good luck in your studies. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/3f9391ce03f0f11af21365b421fb0c61.pdf 0e8579cdaab5a06cffb984a1fcd0f126 PDF Text Text gm January 20, 1990 Dear Stan, I enclose copies of the and my reply. He letter plans to attend the APA I received from Bernard Lerer meetings in New York in May and should he write to you, I hope that you will be willing to meet with him. you well know, the Department totters along, rather direction-less. Its academic standard remains poor, and our resident pool is even poorer. I made one pitch to the Dean in September to suggest an external review of the Department, and was rebuffed. He argued that he had more important problems on his plate. As My own work continues to be accepted. We have a fine ECT unit and each year one or two residents take electives with me. We have one of the two postgraduate training programs in ECT in the U.S. The journal CONVULSIVE THERAPY is thriving. On lO-North we have two good clinical projects in progress-- a random assignment study of ECT and drug therapies as maintenance therapies for patients who complete a course of ECT; and a therapeutic trial of ECT in patients with parkinsonism. for any help you can give Beni Lerer. He is a who has moved to a Left Bank settlement, with and very good co-workers. head scientific Thank you dedicated orthodox Israeli an excellent My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Stan Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-032-1-053 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1990 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/49ea001b51991aab767ee166a4fac296.pdf c8f000ac04e37810bdc32b5a68afaf43 PDF Text Text January 30, 1990 Morton Miller, M.D. Lahey Clinic Medical Center 41 Mall Road Burlington, MA 01805 Dear Mort, I was delighted to get your letter. I have known child and have watched her Julie with pleasure. If she has the progress in her schooling would ask her if she believes she can do qualifications, I she the job; if says she can, I would hire her immediately. I enclose a description of the two ECT videotapes. The one for patients and their families describes the benefits and risks, to allow for 'informed consent'. The one for professionals is more technical and seeks to answer the questions most often raised at meetings about the ECT process. The tapes are widely used. Last year, Leon Grunhaus at the University of Michigan made a similar consent tape. These are the only tapes available commercially. The ECT service is doing well. I have two 4th year Balaban since she was a fellows who are working on good projects. We are randomly assigning ECT patients to continuation ECT or drug therapies; treating parkinson patients (without depression) with ECT; studying the psychopathology of catatonia (following the models of Taylor and Abrams); and continuing the treatment of schizophrenic patients ('positive symptom psychosis') with ECT and fluphenazine combined. We often see patients with 'the Miller sign', and every few weeks we diagnose manic delirium or acute catatonia. We have also treated some 'reversible dementia' (pseudo-dementia) cases with reasonable success. Only Nisson Schechter remains at HSC from the old days (and Richard Friedman and Pierre Hahn in C Building). I called Stan last week to get some advice about Israel and he was helpful and seemed to be bothered little by aphasia. Thank you for your kind regards. Martha and our children are well. We continue to work, despite reaching retirement age, since we still enjoy teaching. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Miller, Morton Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-032-1-052 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1990 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. 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While have editorial critiques with some of the remarks -- they may be improved with a few deft editorial amendments, am neither dismayed nor turned off nor unhappy with their publication. | I I Indeed, if could write like Russell Baker would attempt to use such style to get some messages across. For example, at the APPA meetings this week, some players argued that the diagnosis of schizophrenia could not be made with any assurance since more than 40% of the known schizophrenics in a carefully studied sample changed their behavior (and the resulting diagnosis) in follow-up studies; while others asked for 10 million dollars annually to find the gene of schizophrenia! Such a ridiculous situation cries for humorous treatment since no logical arguments seem to make a dent. I I While it is not usual for ’scholarly’ journals to include pieces by the likes of Russell Baker, many do include articles that are not ’straight science’. recall (with some pleasure) the JAMA section "Piece of My Mind"; the BMJ commentaries by Minerva; Lancet’s ’Occasional Notes’; and Dick Shader’s jokes as part of the J. clin. Psychopharmacology. These complement the solid science of these journals, and as a reader, I enjoy these interludes as much (occasionally more than) the straight science. made some marginal Editor’s notes on each of the articles; these are attached for your use. I My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Fellow Editor A I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-032-1-048 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1990 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/4382b7192ab791f8a0fdfa112744a3ba.pdf 568949eb20a50640318b658eb9f2733a PDF Text Text March 21, 1990 Fridolin Sulser, M.D. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine AA-2215 Medical Center North Nashville, TN 37232 Dear Fridolin, am particularly pleased to nominate John M. Kane, MD. for membership in the CINP. John is now the Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Long Island Jewish-Hillside Hospital Medical Center. am very well acquainted with his work from his training with Donald Klein (1975-77), his leadership of the Research Department of Hillside Hospital (1977-1987), and his active membership in our Department of Psychiatry at Stony Brook (1977-1989). I I John is a dedicated clinical and theoretic researcher with special interests schizophrenia, antipsychotic drugs, and tardive dyskinesia. His studies of the relative efficacy and safety of high and low dose fluphenazine provide the best data on dosage, efficacy, and safety of antipsychotic drugs. These studies led to prospective studies of the incidence of tardive dyskinesia, and here again, his studies provide the most substantive data on the incidence of TD, and the risks associated with dosing, time of exposure, age, gender, and diagnosis. With Herb Meltzer, he is a principal investigator of the efficacy and safety of clozapine in therapy resistant psychotic patients and is credited with convincing the FDA to re-introduce clozapine in clinical practice. Finally, he is the principal investigator of an NlMH clinical schizophrenia research center, which is carrying out useful clinical and laboratory studies of a well studied cohort of schizophrenic patients. in He became a full professor at SUNY at Stony Brook in 1985, an honor that is sought by many and achieved by few. John is a fine clinician and able administrator. His publication record is excellent and his standards are the highest. His promotion to chairmanship provides him with one of the best clinical services for research and am confident that he will continue to make important contributions to biological research. He is a consultant and leader at the NlMH, ACNP, and the American Psychiatric Association. I commend him for membership in the ClNP with much enthusiasm and without reservations. I My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Sulser, Fridolin Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-032-1-043 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1990 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/ab9ff63721aefc6b2a264bbaee0df463.pdf 61784ec6d3a51ccab7a7ff20f36e8d45 PDF Text Text May 8, 1990 Richard Josiassen, Ph.D. Department of Psychiatry Medical College of Pennsylvania 3200 Henry Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19129 Dear Richard, Your questions are most intriguing, and hasten to argue my idiosyncratic views against the present drive to the study of anatomic structure as a basis for psychopathology. Since you limit the query to the past 25 years, I am precluded from arguing that the seminal studies of the century remain those of Wagner-Jauregg, Meduna, Weinstein and Kahn, Wikler and Martin. In the period requested, the most impressive studies have been those of Taylor and Abrams in identifying the syndrome of catatonia as associated as much with affective disorder as with schizophrenia (which effectively vitiated the logic of DSM-lll); the genetic identical twin studies in London which found both schizophrenia and affective disorder among genetically identical siblings (which effectively discredited the present genetic studies); and which led to the unitary hypothesis of psychosis of Timothy Crow. I would credit Shagass with the best of modern patient classification devices, the sedation threshold; DeWied and others for discerning that brain peptides have behavioral effects; and the work of the unheralded chemists who developed naloxone, providing the basis for a life-saving technique in clinical medicine. From psychopharmacology, I Your second query is even more intriguing. can more easily answer the question about the two or three most damaging hypotheses underlying the biological understanding of psychopathology. For example, the belief held by many in neuroscience (and the ACNP and NIMH as well) that studies of rat brains will lead to an understanding of psychopathology is clearly wrong. Rats are not men; rat physiology and pharmacology is readily distinguishable from that of man. Further, normal man is not the same as sick man, since it is the differences induced by illness that are the basis for our interest. Similarly, it is silly to assume that studies of the normal rat bear any relation to mentally sick I man. �the same vein, the genetic and structural hypotheses of psychopathology are old theories, espoused in the 19th century, and probably as wrong now as they were then, albeit we have better ways to picture the structures of the brain. In were to argue for the hypotheses that are outside the mainstream, that may lead to an understanding of the bases of psychopathology in brain function, would point to that model of psychopathology which argues (from the diabetes and neurosyphilis experiences) that the expression of psychopathology is the end product of a stressor (g9, spirochaete or hypo-insulinemia) and its interaction in a psychological substrate (ggq ego and superego; or character and personality; or memory and emotional patterns as modified by life If I I expefience) This view is best stated as the unitary hypothesis of psychosis. The best example of this view is the case for catatonia (primary and secondary; malignant and NMS) as a general brain disorder not part of schizophrenia, and one that is highly responsive to ECT. That some patients with dementia praecox exhibit signs of catatonia is not unlikely, given the high probability that catatonia is an endocrine deficiency disorder. Another support comes from observations that ECT is equally effective in treating mania and depression, with or without psychosis, with or without melancholia, with or without catatonia; with or without dementia (’pseudodementia’). This varied effectiveness is often cited as an example of the ’dirty’ nature of ECT; view it rather as an example of the specificity of ECT and the ’dirty’ nature of our psychopathology. (Recall the varieties of neurosyphilis in this context.) I These views are outside the mainstream. That is why I continue to be intrigued by them, since I ’know’ (from history), that the pack is usually wrong. And the present neuroscience pack is surely wrong since few, if any, have any experience If in the clinic. you wish a concise view of catatonia, urge you to read the recent I review by Taylor in NNPBN. best regards to Charlie, whose work with the sedation threshold have long admired, but still cannot comprehend. My Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry l � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-032-1-037 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1990 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/e7e6d2a07398c78b0ea01ec26ce0a8a0.pdf 4b25af69243523f3c2587a46ac34bf70 PDF Text Text / 32f gé;;$fixf June 11, 1990 Layton McCurdy, M.D. American Board of Neurology & Psychiatry Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital Street 111 N. 49 Philadelphia, PA 19139 Dear Dr. McCurdy, Like many of my peers, I am writing with regard to the proposed Qualification in Neurophysiology" which is considered for physicians qualified in Neurology. By excluding those qualified in Psychiatry, I believe that the Board is inadvertently excluding a large number of very qualified practitioners whose skills and interest in "Added electrophysiology complement those of their neurologic peers. referring to those psychiatrists with interests in quantitative EEG in assessing the effects of psychoactive drugs; those specializing in the analysis of sleep EEG recordings; and those interested in multi—lead EEG recordings in assessing patients with affective illness who may be candidates for anticonvulsant therapies. I am certified both in neurology psychiatry, my work in pharmaco-electroencephalography is clearly of little interest to my neurologic colleagues, but is central to a whole discipline in psychopharmacology and psychiatry. Similarly, the work of my associate, Wallace Mendelssohn in sleep studies, which is an important asset in our While I am and psychiatric assessments. Clinical psychiatry has undergone at least three major revolutions in my professional lifetime-— from the psychodynamic era in which I was trained at the William Alanson White Institute; to the era of psychopharmacology; then the excitement about neuroscience; and now the return to our interest in neuropsychiatry. By limiting the Iadded qualification’ to that small group of practitioners who meet the criteria for Neurology would be a disservice both to clinical practice and to research opportunities which are now unfolding. hope that the Board will see the wisdom of either not added qualification in neurophysiology to neurologists, or doing away with the added qualification in its entirety. I limiting the Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry ABPN (P54) (N52) � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/2b1a580b29184059eef2ddf367601c7d.pdf 7d8c63c237066cb1788868f379edc922 PDF Text Text August 5, 1990 Credentials Committee Medical Staff Affairs Office Box 0208, M-181 San Francisco, CA 94143 Gentlemen: I am writing this letter regarding privileging in electroconvulsive therapy, at the request and on behalf of Professor REESE T. JONES, Professor of Psychiatry at the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute and the University of California at San Francisco. I have known Reese since the late 19605 when we were both interested in research into cannabis. His electrophysiologic studies paralleled my own, and we met frequently at national and international meetings, and national committees of NIMH and NIDA, to talk about our work. Reese is a sophisticated and experienced clinician, clinical pharmacologist, electrophysiologist, and researcher. My interest in ECT goes back to 1952. NIMH supported studies of ECT at Hillside Hospital and the New York Medical College led to numerous publications in ECT; organizing a conference and publishing a book on the Psychobiology of Convulsive Therapy (1974); a text Convulsive Therapy: Theory and Practice (1979); and chief editorship of the quarterly journal CONVULSIVE THERAPY since 1985. I was a member of the 1975-1978 APA Task Force on ECT, edited many of the chapters of the 1978 report; and again, a member of the latest APA Task Force which just published The Practice of ECT: Recommendations for Treatment, Training and Privileging (1990). Since 1988, we at Stony Brook have developed a ’hand-on’ training course in ECT for practitioners, one of only two in the nation. For the past five years, I have been director of the ECT Service at Stony Brook, with full responsibility for privileging the professional staff in ECT. (Fritz Henn, M.D., Ph.D., the Department chairman, is among those privileged in ECT during the past few years.) Sometime in 1989 Reese called to ask if he could come to Stony Brook for training in ECT, as he was asked to re-establish a program in ECT at the Langley Porter Institute. I agreed. In December, 1989 we met at the ACNP meetings, reviewed his knowledge and experience, and based on that information I laid out a 3-day program at Stony Brook which would meet the new guidelines of the APA Task Force report. He invited me to San Francisco to meet the staff, visit the facilities, and lecture on ECT. I did so on April 3-4, 1990. I was impressed with the staff interest in ECT, met with the residents and made ward rounds, finding three patients for whom ECT was clearly a legitimate option in treatment. One was presented in a staff conference. �Reese joined me at Stony Brook for three full days of teaching, on May 2, 3, and 4. I arranged for patients to be treated each of those days. His schedule included ’hands-on’ treatment of 12 patients, some with unilateral and some with bilateral placement; monitoring of seizure duration by cuff, heart rate, and EEG; monitoring of ECG, blood oxygen, blood pressure, and heart rate; and the determination of the degree of motor paralysis using a muscle stimulator. We also demonstrated the seizure enhancing properties of caffeine; inductions with and without glycopyrollate; anesthesia with methohexital and etomidate; modification of blood pressure using trimethaphan; and blocking of a prolonged seizure using diazepam. We discussed, for each case, the basis for the selection of energy, electrode placement, frequency of treatment, and number of treatments. For our out-patients, we reviewed the process of continuation and maintenance treatments, using drugs and/or ECT. We also discussed the role and merits of concomitant psychoactive drug use. In addition, Reese made rounds each morning, interviewing each patient on my service (about 15). We discussed the indications for ECT, how we develop a risk/benefit analysis for each case to determine the suitability of ECT. We reviewed the pre-treatment work-up including laboratory tests and the aims of consultations with medicine, anesthesiology, and dentistry. In the afternoons, Reese was in didactic sessions with my associates and myself. He worked with our ECT nurse, Mrs. Irene Carasiti, and participated in the discussions and videotape session which makes up our informed consent process.I gave him a pre-print copy of the 1990 APA Task Force report; we discussed the changes from the 1978 report; reviewed the main items of patient selection, determination of risks and tactics to minimize risk; and the thorny problems of training and privileging. In didactic sessions, we reviewed issues of consent, mechanisms of action of ECT, electrophysiology and cardiovascular physiology, and anesthetic considerations. At the time Reese left, we were both exhausted. I was delighted with his knowledge and understanding. We had covered and met all the guidelines of the new APA recommendations. I am pleased to recommend Reese Jones for privileges in ECT; with endorsement for routine treatments as well as the treatment of high-risk, medically ill patients. Sincerelyn yours, Max Fink, MD. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Committee Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-032-1-028 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/6a295bb06c824ad53f11c6c3def3eac5.pdf 0a301532cd63c842d2ad19b1557591c2 PDF Text Text «~/ August 5, 1990 Reese T. Jones, M.D. Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute 401 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, CA 94143 Dear Reese, Fritz met me at the cafeteria on Friday and shared the story of your dilemma, so your letter was not a total surprise. I am delighted to write a supporting document, and attach it to this note. I will send these by Fax, and the original will be sent directly to the committee. Yes, Fritz has ’eliminated’ an ECT Service, and yes, he thinks he is Jesus reincarnated, and he does not realize he has taken a first-class department under Stan Yolles and created a pseudo-neurosciece program with hardly a single psychiatric redeeming feature. No wonder our resident applicants are mainly from off-shore schools. But the elimination was accompanied by a substantial raise in my salary and no additional duties, so after being upset for a few weeks, I have settled down to treating my ’private’ referrals. The shift gives me a chance to look, once again, at my pharmaco-EEG experience, an experience which I have neglected for some time in favor of ECT. I hope the letter is helpful. Let me know if there is more that I can do. My regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/43cb95c485cae9f2dbe308edc060e8ca.pdf 86a1350480a33a37a3ba5c208bfe53a3 PDF Text Text Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Health Sciences Center State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, New York 11794-8101 StOflYBrOOk telephone: (516) 444-2929 August 23, 1990 Stephen Koslow, MD. and Herman van Praag, M.D. Chairmen, Credentials Committee ACNP Vanderbilt University Nashville TN 37235 Dear Steve and Herman, It is with great pleasure that I submit this letter in support of the admission of HAROLD SACKEIM, Ph.D. to membership in the ACNP. I have known Harold for about a decade, first meeting him when he in academic research in the neuropsychology of perception. He interest expressed an used ECT as a way to modify brain function, and did so intelligently. He joined Sidney Malitz at the New York State Psychiatric Institute where he developed the nation’s strongest research program in ECT. We have worked together on the APA Task Force on Electroconvulsive Therapy and on the editorial board of CONVULSIVE THERAPY. Harold is an outstanding neuropsychologist, a direct descendent (conceptually speaking) of Joseph Zubin, Richard Wittenborn, Conan Kornetsky, and other SOphisticated psychologists who did so much to make the ACNP a scientific organization with holistic interests. Harold has a detailed knowledge of neuropsychology and electrophysiology. He is an expert in perception, memory function, anti-amnesic drugs, cerebral physiology (cerebral blood flow and SPECT, to be specific), statistics, and the psychopathology of affective disorders. He first came to the attention of the research community in his innovative studies of the role of facial asymmetry in the manifestation and perception of expressed emotion. He has made important contributions to our knowledge in ECT; specifically, in the role of the stimulus in treatment response, and on the physiologic and memory effects of different dosages and electrode placements. The ongoing studies of cerebral blood flow and SPECT are promising to add more information on its mechanism of action. His clinical skills in interviewing and diagnosis are excellent. He is friendly, warm, enthusiastic, and an extraordinarily hard worker. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Koslow, Stephen Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-032-1-025 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/0fc23ab1f70de9ea06b813c78dc35241.pdf 53ecd1d1e5e4bb8b818b992e3c0c1515 PDF Text Text December 12, 1990 Walter Sannita, M.D. Institute for Neurophysiopathology University Hospital San Martino I-l6l32 Italy GENOA Dear Walter, that we on obtaining support for a stay in the U.S. I hope work out an arrangement that will be useful for you. can First, congratulations details, such as the proposed dates and duration of the stay; and needs; and projects you may wish to investigate. If a study your expectations has a clinical component, approval must be obtained from the appropriate committees, and that may take up to four months, so any work done in advance is critical. Separately, I will send you copies of ongoing protocols as examples of what may be I need more of interest. I have a young Israeli psychologist/Fellow working in the laboratory, and senior resident has asked to work with me later in the year. The Fellow is a interested in ECT; the resident is spending two months with Itil learning the H21 system. Perhaps the three of you (and a technician and our equipment) could answer some interesting questions. letter I have no problem with the presentation at the AACNP, but neither your nor that from Bodis-Wollner give the specific dates. When? I have received an unusual letter in Italian from a Roman psychiatrist in response to a paper that I wrote last year for an Italian audience. I asked one of my residents to translate it, and it seems to relate a pathetic story about a criminal indictment for a death associated with ECT. Because the details are critical, I would be grateful if you would provide a valid translation so that I can understand the nuances of the events. Also, can you advise me whether a reply is warranted or expected? Is Dr. Gherardini asking (implicitly) for help or advice? Do you know of him, or can you obtain an opinion as to his status in his community? New My regards to Titty and your daughters (I assume you plan to bring My best regards. York?) Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry all to � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Sannita, Walter Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-032-1-018 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/ef995c85e1f87cb39dc0a57729d9667a.pdf d48d7154730e6266259cff2acb718d44 PDF Text Text December 22, 1990 Dr. Gian Francesco Gherardini Via di Grottarossa 1282 Rome, Italy Dear Dr. Gherardini, for your letter of November 2, which arrived two weeks translated to better understand the message. It is the that patient had such a poor outcome. A severe response to regretful known, since it is neurotoxic and its use is often haloperidol is with associated dystonia, parkinsonism, akathisia, and the neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS). The case material suggests that he had a severe NMS. ECT is described as effective in NMS, as well as in catatonia, so it is unclear why society is criticizing your treatment decisions. Thank you which and I had ago rise in temperature following each ECT may reflect a persistent effect of haloperidol. The sequence of events after the onset of status epilepticus is The puzzling. What was the etiology of status? (It is not a feature of ECT which is essentially anti-epileptic since it raises seizure thresholds.) Did the patient receive additional neuroleptic medications? picture Patients with lupus erythematosus may develop a catatonic status epilepticus. Was the patient tested for lupus? and Is there something that you believe we can do to help in your defense? Thank you again for bringing this interesting case to my attention. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Gherardini, Gian Francescio Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-032-1-017 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. 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My best wishes for a happy and me untiI his Ietters of invitation, visit, either healthy 1991. Sincerer yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Weiner, Richard D. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-032-1-016 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/a61cd63ca6580223dd0274fb220cf311.pdf a80ac130030cad7f4c584e38d2bc15a6 PDF Text Text December 23, 1990 Xue Chongcheng, M.D. Institute of Acupuncture 3 Haiyuacang Beijing and Moxibustion 100700 China Dear Dr. Xue, for your Tetter of November 29, indicating that you have permission to visit the United States. You ask for a Tetter of invitation. I am unabTe to write a letter to request your attendance at our Thank you University. research units studying ECT in the United States where I beTieve you could demonstrate EACT remain those of Dr. Richard Neiner at Duke University (P.0. Box 3920, Durham NC 27710 USA); Drs. Haron Sackeim and Sidney MaTitz at the New York State Psychiatric Institute (722 West 168 Street, NYC 10032); and Dr. Richard Abrams at the UHS/Chicago MedicaT SchooT The main (3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064). Of these, Dr. Neiner is aTSo chairman of the American Psychiatric Association Task Force on ETectroconvuTsive Therapy, and as such, has direct connections with the Committee on InternationaT ReTations of the Association. Shoqu you come to the U.S. and techniques, pTease have your host caTT me. I EACT in practice. My be able to demonstrate your every effort to see wiTT make regards. SincereTy yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Chongcheng, Xue Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-032-1-015 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/fb5e56e3ac073354df608a85537ed1ea.pdf 622c54a62948abddd73e6a6c4f491877 PDF Text Text StOflYBIOOk Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Health Sciences Center State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, New York 11794-8101 telephone: (516) 444—2929 June 15, 1989 Mr. Wolfgang Kudrnofsky ORF ORF Centrum Vienna, Austria Dear Mr Kudrnofsky, It is clearly difficult to communicate at this distance. While I would like to be cooperative, it is difficult to do so. We are not a source of film or video materials, but we are members of an academic department of psychiatry at a medical school. As such, we have collected some materials for our students and teaching, and have, at these available to others, including radio and television. We do not do so for stated fees, but will cooperate if the objective is within our missions as educators. As such, we ordinarily serve as consultants. As such, we usually obtain our satisfaction in our teaching, and to a lesser extent in the fees for our time. From time to time, we have been asked to allow the media to film our patients, before, during, and after treatment. We generally are able to obtain patient and family cooperation and for such efforts we generally ask that they be paid at prevailing commercial acting or consulting rates. If you wish our help, you or one of your associates should discuss the details of your proposed programming, and we visit us to be will try to responsive as to what we can provide. times, made Singzzzjy .4 Fink, yours, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry �7.. _ - I [- ' " ‘ "W“ 7 mw‘l‘w‘wmvv'nw-mm”m‘ r..me .mvr . .r—WW- nrw—w' m“ - / H J ’m V—m"'w aura—w“ -1.“ , , V . . .... .;,.,... .. j. u- .. .. w V— w , u—v «a “Nu-rm. :.'wrw"mwm"—tyrw-p—rwm // April 10, 1989 Dr. Wolfgang Kudrnofsky Gsterreichischer Rundfunk Wiirzburggasse 30 1136 VIENNA AUSTRIA Dear "Dr. Kudrnofsky, Over the years I have collected documentaries of ECT and Metrazol shock therapy, and recently I made some videotapes for my students and patients. Our materials have been used by the major American television networks and BBC. The source of the older material is diverse and the quality fair to poor. It would be necessary to see the material and if any is of interest, we can then decide on how best to get consent from the sources for your reproduction. The recent material is also diverse. 1 have academically made 'teaching' tapes, some abstracts of commercial tapes, case material of interviews of patients before and after ECT, and finally, two commercially made videotapes developed as teaching tools for our students and our patients. For our patients, the tapes are used in obtaining 'informed' consent for electroshock therapy. It would be useful to know what use is planned for these materials; the anticipated size of the audience; number of reproductions; whether you are requesting our tapes for your editing, or whether our participation in the presentation is also requested. —- 1 do not have lobotomy or insulin coma films but am acquainted with of sources old films, made for teaching purposes. can be reached most mornings at 516-4“; 2929; and most afternoons and evenings at 516 862 6651. Our FAX is 516-4“ 753$. I Thank you for your inquiry. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry �May 23, 1939 Dr. Wolfgang Kudrnofsky Osterreichischer Rundfunk Wiirzburggasse 30 1136 VIENNA AUSTRIA Dear Dr. Kudrnofsky, it is not clear from your FAX of 12 May what more i can tell you. Videotape of new material (ECT) made in the last few years is available. The older material of insulin coma and Metrazol is on film. We are not a commercial source of educational material. As an academic institution, we use educational materials as part of our teaching and consultations. We have worked often with producers and educators to develop teaching programs, and if you wish us to work together, please outline the aims of the project. The expenses and fees for such consultation depends on the demands in time and effort. 1 am not sure that we can obtain lobotomy films but there are some sources if the program requires specific footage. that we can try Since rely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Kudrnofsky, Wolfgang Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-7-180 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/22ad88b8927049cd3680038cd249d721.pdf 3baf7cb470b6b489fd019ade613a5639 PDF Text Text {K'w June 25, 1989 Mr. Bruce Williams Associate Product Manager Asendin amoxapine Lederle Laboratories Plaza One Cyanamid Wayne, New Jersey 07470 Dear Mr. Williams, I am a supervising psychiatrist at University Hospital at Stony Brook. Your recent 'Dear Doctor' letter describing the efficacy of Asendin in patients with delusional depression was brought to my attention by one of my residents. I am not acquainted with the specific articles on which this claim is based. I would be grateful for citations (and reprints if from foreign literature) of any prospective, well controlled, comparative studies of Asendin against the combination of an antipsychotic and an antidepressant drug in hospitalized delusional depressive patients. Are there any reports of the use of Asendin in comparison to electroconvulsive therapy in hospitalized delusional depressed patients? Thank you for your cooperation and help. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Williams, Bruce Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-7-176 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/398a9888bb04b9dd29702d2b5bd4ed20.pdf 6401dff98d084ba6cb4059b58c432554 PDF Text Text July 31, 1989 Muriel Young, M.D. E-43 SK-Beecham 1500 Spring Garden Philadelphia, PA Street 19101 Dear Dr. Young, produces a systematic amnesia which is proportional to patient age, frequency and number of treatments, electrode placement, intensity of currents, waveform, and associated medications. The amnesia is reversible, with an improvement in time after the last treatments such that patients no longer show measurable deficits from 6-12 weeks after the last treatment. There are some patients, however, who consistently complain of amnestic disturbances and these have been associated with specific currents and electrode placements, and some modified frequencies of treatment (like multiple treatments in one ECT session). The animal model (Electroconvulsive shock- ECS) has an extensive literature as the effects of drugs on ECS induced amnesia in rats or mice is a standard pharmacological test for almost any psychoactive substance. In man, there have been systematic trials of some putative anti-amnestic agents on the ECT process, notably with pemoline (Cylert), ACTH 4-10 (ORG 2766), piracetam, etiracetam, vasopressin, and l-tryptophan. Many of the studies have been well designed with adequate controls, but the results have generally been disappointing, i.e., the effects on ECT induced amnesia have been modest. recent trial, a collaborative study of pramiracetam, has not yet been published or officially presented, but the 'grapevine newsletter' states that the experimental and control groups were not distinguishable in the effects on tests in a cognitive battery but that the experimental group fared The most better on improvement scores. �on hydergine and ECT in press in the J. Psychiatry finds an effect on improvement scores for the experimental group but not an effect on memory tests. A report is The ECT DATABASE a service of the CONVULSIVE THERAPY readers and authors. to its citations for memory enhancing, nootropic, elicited the citations which are attached. a basis for deciding whether the ECT and clin. editors of Culling the 4500 specific drugs These should give you model may be useful in the assessment of your compounds. As for the usage of ECT in the U.S., we lack any good assessment. The last measurement was done in 1977 by the APA Task Force; similar assessments were done in Great Britain in 1980 and Ireland in 1982. These find that usage is about 4.1 to 4.5 patients treated annually per 10,000 population. These figures should be corrected for the fact that ECT is rarely given to persons under 20 years of age, and more often in patients over 50 years of age. It is my impression that usage is increasing, although my impression may be faulty, resulting from the number of inquiries about ECT which I get each day. I trust these comments are useful. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, Editor cc: J.0. Cole M.D. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Young, Muriel Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-7-175 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/59ebe9fe4e14f8e1aecef66642c95c7c.pdf cd9178fe78a92752b2b8af2c148ac8ce PDF Text Text August 11, 1989 Dr. K. Stephan Arzneimittelforschung Kurfurstendamm 217 1000 Berlin 15 AFB GmbH in Berlin West Germany Dear Dr. Stephan, Thank you for the helpful translation of my report to the Austrian funding agency. It was most helpful and I have sent it on; hopefully it will serve to encourage their research interests. My regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry �August 11, 1989 Edith Piroska Medizinisch-Wissenschaftlicher Fonds des Bfirgermeisters der Bundeshauptstadt Wien Ms. Schottenring 24 Austria Dear Ms. Piroska, was a pleasure to review the application of Dr. It Greta Koinig of the University of Vienna. My recommendations are attached, translated for your use. I hope these are helpful. Sincerely yours, 1010 Vienna, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry �July 28, 1989 Werner Herrmann, M.D. Kurfurstendamm 217 1000 Berlin West Germany 15 Dear Werner, of being asked to I am in the embarrassing positionMedical Science review a grant application by the Austrian Foundation and not able to translate my report into intelligible German. The application and letter are in German (which apparently I can read easily enough), but I cannot get the die's der's correct -— Hence this request. Would you ask your secretary or into good, technical German translator to put the attached report and return it to me for retyping? I (and the Austrians) will be most grateful. and We are looking forward to your My best regards August. Except visit in the house, we a mess about for re—doing our kitchen and having month. unencumbered and home all be should and my thanks. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Stephan, K. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-7-174 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/e14f040c196080a0329eaf5814f82587.pdf 48a93840587bc251371e43c2c785e046 PDF Text Text November 13, 1989 Larry Koran, MD. Department of Psychiatry Stanford Medical Center Palo Alto, California 94305 Dear Larry, Two events brought your name to mind -- a letter from my son describing the devastation on the Stanford Campus by the recent earthquake, and the enclosed letter from Dr. Howard Fenn of the Palo Alto V.A. How did you fare during the quake? My son’s letter remarked that the geology buildings were closed and no one could get in to get their records, data, or computer files. At least not during the week after the quake. The enclosed letter came ’out of the blue’. Dr. Fenn seems to have thrown a bottled message into the US. post office maelstrom, and it landed on my desk. My reply is meant to encourage him to provide me with some data. Since my image of ECT at Stanford is that it hardly existed until you told me last year that you had (finally) stimulated its use, I was surprised by the letter. Do you know Dr. Fenn? Does he ’really’ have cases and the facility to treat? Is there a mature sponsor at the site? Meanwhile, our department of psychiatry has emerged, after six years of metamorphosis, into a department of neuroscience, focussed on brain cells, receptors, and genes. Our younger clinicians are all devoted laboratory scientists, with as much experience with rats, rat brain tissues, and chemicals, as with the mentally ill patients on 10 North. How is your ECT program progressing? My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Koran, Larry Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-7-168 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/58d596fba0a729dc977bafd45fe5fff4.pdf 904e19cd3c2647669f557b310efc9254 PDF Text Text November 13, 1989 Howard H. Fenn, M.D. Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit VA. Medical Center 3801 Miranda Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304 Dear Dr. Fenn, Many important clinical and theoretic issues in ECT are under active study, or deserve active study. The APA Task Force on ECT has prepared a report on The Practice of ECT: Recommendations for Treatment, Training and Privileging which is wending its way through the APA approval process, and should become public by May 1990. That report will provide useful guidelines for the decision to use ECT, the implementation of good practice, and encourage greater usage. The specific problems which may be usefully studied depend on the population sample (numbers, age, medical status), whether mainly in-patient or out-patient, and your specific interest. Some important issues are: Maintenance and continuation ECT: What is an optimal course of treatment? How can improvement be sustained? 1. 2. ECT and pharmacotherapy. The facilitation of antipsychotic drug activity by ECT has been demonstrated; what is the interaction of antidepressant drugs and ECT? 3. ECT in schizophrenia. The present enthusiasm for clozapine highlights the poor results with neuroleptics in patients with schizophrenia. The efficacy of clozapine is estimated at 30% in the best of hands. What is the efficacy of ECT in clozapine treated failures? 4. ECT in parkinsonism. Many parkinson patients have periods of incapacity alternating with relative comfort. The ’on—off’ phenomenon has been modified by ECT. We need prospective studies of ECT in parkinson patients with the ’on-off’ phenomenon. �These are some of the ideas under study in my laboratory. If you would describe your population in detail, with numbers of cases, diagnoses, age, and medical status; your experience with ECT and how the interest came about; the type of equipment available; and whether any senior clinicians are interested in supporting or encouraging such studies, I could be of more specific help in your research efforts. You may wish to subscribe to CONVULSIVE THERAPY. The journal is comnpleting its fifth year of publication. It has highlighted each of these issues, and many others of interest to the clinical and research communities. Thank you for your inquiry. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Editor � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Fenn, Howard H. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-7-167 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/56425d8f1dab2e33d0d18ad7d04041ef.pdf eb0688e9e518e435dd2ebf52fb7f0f89 PDF Text Text November 28, 1989 Prof. Oded Abramsky Chief Scientist Israel Ministry of Health Jerusalem Dear Prof. Abramsky, I write this letter to encourage the application of Dr. Seth Kindler for support as a research scientist at Ezrath Nashim and the Hebrew University. I have known Dr. Kindler through his publications and his presentations at international psychiatric meetings. I have known his mentor, Prof. Lerer for more than a decade, and have been an enthusiastic supporter of their important research in electroconvulsive therapy and the receptor mechanisms in depression. Despite his youth, Dr. Kindler has an impressive record. He graduated the Hebrew Medical School in 1982, and in seven years, completed his formal psychiatric training, published important research findings, and developed laboratory and clinical skills. He seeks to combine these in studies of the neuroendocrine aspects of depressive disorders. I am particularly impressed with the importance of these studies for our understanding of the mechanism of action of ECT, a most useful treatment. Prof. Lerer has already contributed much to this knowledge. In 1980, Prof. Ottosson of Goteborg and I proposed a neuroendocrine theory of the mode of action of ECT. Much work has been done in the United States, Greece, the UK, and Israel on this theory. It remains Viable and I believe that Dr. Kindler’s research into serotonergic mechanisms is important in our progress. Few laboratories in the world are as well equipped and as interested in research in the affective disorders as those at Ezrath Nashim which I visited a few years ago. Under the leadership first of Prof. Belmaker and now Prof. Lerer, the studies have made important contributions to our knowledge. Any encouragement that can be given Prof. Lerer, as in the support of Dr. Kindler, should pay handsome dividends in research and in the position of Israeli research in world psychiatry. I congratulate the Ministry of Health on having such a promising opportunity to support important research. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry Editor, CONVULSIVE THERAPY � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Abramsky, Oded Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-7-165 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/24cd14ae9e1c62d24aa6e3c5a6a68bab.pdf ebee0840161bd15517be30268fa15e22 PDF Text Text STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY November 27, 1989 Prof. Bernard Lerer Yaacov Herzog Center Ezrath Nashim P.O. Box 140 for Brain & P.O. BOX 457 ST. JAMES, N. Y. H780 P“0"”315W444-29l8 Psychiatry Research Jerusalem, Israel Dear Beni, Congratulations on your successful endeavors to a research center in Israel. The announcement which I received today carried two messages -- that Ezrath Nashim has a new research facility (an NMR or PETT scanner?) and that you are the new chairman of Psychiatry at Hebrew University. The second is a real coup, considering the perception that psychiatry at Hadassah has been social psychiatry. Good luck in your new ventures. I thank you for the establish announcement. THERAPY If think that a paragraph or two in CONVULSIVE describing your program in ECT research would be you helpful, send it on. My best to Ziona, who must be especially proud. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Lerer, Bernard Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-7-164 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/98445dafaacb22e4f51571eecfcb42a4.pdf 94a899ef38942c76a07112180f3d1325 PDF Text Text m: ww-n-a"m.1li wwwvw-y-rra-H van—spew W‘ .-...—- - ' ' :amrm'w -. vmflmnrmv WWW January 6, 1989 Shepard Kantor, M.D. 310 West 86 Street New York City 10024 Dear Shep, ..._...._.m,. ... it was good of you to send me the material on the role of oxygen-freeradicals (OFR's) in brain functions, and specifically in affecting the cognitive effects of ECT. I did not know these findings and so read them with much interest. There may be merit in your suggestion, but only systematic study (as you propose) will tease out the support for these views. My own laboratory is devoting its time to study the mechanisms of action of ECT, mainly the neuroendocrine effects of seizures, and it is not possible for us to deflect our energies to this interesting clinical question at this time. Thank you for sharing these interesting ideas. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-6-160 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/dbc2a4e31902f994edab18205d36d096.pdf 6b565a0501137c641183c20de27542df PDF Text Text W January 31, 1989 Michael Alan Taylor, M.D. UHS/Chicago Medical School 3333 Green Bay Road North Chicago, IL 6006!} Dear Mickey, At the request of Conrad Swartz, M.D., Ph.D., lam submitting this letter in support of his application for tenure. I have known Connie for about six years, mainly through his research and chiefly as an editor —- in reviewing Connie's submissions to psychiatric journals; and in his responses to my requests for reviews for CONVULSIVE THERAPY. l have observed his presentation of papers at national meetings, and have read many, if not all, of his recent publications. Connie is Well trained, intelligent, and innovative. As a graduate of the University of iowa training programs, he has the hallmarks of a hard-headed scientist, with a dedicated reliance on data. He has shown the ability to combine unusual mathematical and engineering skills with the skills of a physician. He has contributed materially to our understanding of the convulsive therapy process, to our knowledge of neuroendocrine mechanisms, and to lithium therapy. His studies of prolactin release and the formulation of a mathematical model to estimate the amount released under different interventions provides the best estimate of central re5ponses to seizures. indeed, the demonstration that the amount of prolactin released by seizures is influenced by electrode placement, current type, and current dose provides an excellent index of the strength of the stimulus in ECT. His suggestion for a better way to monitor lithium therapy is innovative and promises to be useful. His models of the TRH test also seem useful. The development of the audible EEG monitor for seizure duration is innovative. His breadth of interest is unusual. His studies are clinical, and apply his knowledge of statistics, mathematical models, pharmacokinetics, neuroendocrine systems, and alcoholism. Connie has achieved a fine national reputation for independent research with a firm mathematical and statistical base. He lectures and writes well although his style is prolix. He is highly intelligent and innovative, and is clearly a self-starter and very independent investigator. He would be a welcome member of our faculty, and i believe he has shown the skills not only to warrant his appointment as professor, but with tenure as well. My best regards. Since rely yours,, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-6-157 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/6d7c9b5fd32bfae2492b226c2c47adcb.pdf 655f5475ae0d3260e52c60201ad91920 PDF Text Text "w>l-wf*m-rm.vw-x—A-nm->47" .; m.- 5,2,4... ... “an. , .. (h February 15, 1989 Dr. Steven Bressler EEG Systems Laboratory 51 Federal Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Dear Dr. Bressler, would be pleased to collaborate and consult on your project "Neurocognitive Pattern Recognition of Drugs of Abuse". Studies of the effects of dependence producing psychoactive drugs, especially drugs used for recreational purposes, are timely. Our early studies which depended on quantitative com puterbased assessment of the electrical activity of single leads were productive, but were limited by their expense and technical difficulty. Recent achievements of multi-lead quantitative EEG assessment, such as those undertaken in your laboratory, corn pel the re-assessment you propose. i For your records, I enclose a cepy of my c.v. which details the studies of cannabis and opioids which i did with Jan Volavka, Peter Irwin, Rhea Dornbush, Costas Stefanis, and others while at the New York Medical College, 1966—1973. Citations to our pharmaco—EEG studies are also detailed. Good luck in your studies. Since rely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry IRS 11-2133166 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Bressler, Steven Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-6-156 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/73007ea9221daa3f6b1f0fb399f047af.pdf 623c4561d172f479afe93dd8b709e96b PDF Text Text w wu—u-wwmw-w-u-w WWW "aw—V... V'W‘,_W<vfl~w-v February 15, 1989 wry-v: vaw Paul Fink, MD. President, American Psychiatric Association 1400 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Dear Paul, This letter is in response to the story in Psychiatric News that the APA is seeking nominations for representatives to the ABPN. If I can be of service, I would be pleased to support the role of the ABPN in our teaching programs. My certification in psychiatry (1954) and neurology (1952) by the Board should be helpful, as should my graduation from the William Alonson White Psychoanalytic Institute. While my career and record are well known, 1 enclose a full c.v. for your review. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Fink, Paul Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-6-155 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/363d97eed310a87bf1c409aa71f1a161.pdf a936f9fb2b14a490dc54b4c5acdea106 PDF Text Text March ‘13, 1989 Lothar Kalinowsky, M.D. Klinik Dr. Dohrn Driesenstr. 10 8182 Bad Wiessee am Tegernsee West Germany Dear Lothar and Hilda, 1 Thank you for your kind note about the early days at the Psychiatric I do not know as yet how i will use it, but something will come up. Institute. L “M” i a 1 i i. i i 1 The APPA held a fine meeting earlier this month, with much emphasis on the anatomy of the "brain as the basis for mental disorders. Some of the speakers jumped from animals to man in a truly fantastic fashion. I am still not comfortable *wfffiatfie st'Fon'g em pha51son neurosdence which now dominates psychiatry (especially in my department); it reminds me of the excesses of the psychoanalytic teaching which dominated my training and my years at Hillside Hospital. Too much of a good thing is still likely to unsettle one' s stomach. Tony O'Connell invited the associate editors of COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRY to lunch and the discussion was interesting. The APPA is committed to publishing the papers of the annual meetings in separate volumes. These have poor sales, are not indexed in the national indices, and the published articles tend to get lost. We discussed the possibility of issuing a supplement to the journal for the articles, as well as asking the membership to subscribe to the journal as part of their annual dues. Both ideas were rejected by the officers -~ largely, I believe, because they want to have a 'book' edited by them. Also the APPA officers do not know Tony and probably would want to name one of their own to be editor. So, as each perceived the suggestions as threats, they were scuttled at its inception. The first issue of- CONVULSIVE THERAPY for 1989 was edited by Richard Abrams and is dedicated to "ECT in the High-~Risk Patient". is a special, larger issue which is very well done and it should be very helpful for teaching in the next few years. As] do not know whether your copy will be sent to you, I am enclosing one for your use. It My best regards and wishes for continued improvement. Sincerely you rs, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry �V'- v “w‘mflw~ ‘ - -- v wimww ~MYwW—vuy .77 ‘VVWV. w... r~._—..—. "WW—”w wruva—‘mw—wv._._.._r 7—- ,, January 31, 1989 Lothar Kalinowsky, M.D. Klinik Dr. Dohrn Bad Wiessee am Tegernsee West Germany Dear Lothar and Hilda, Thank you for your very nice card, and the news that the Klinik is a fine one. am delighted. I < The next issue of CONVULSIVE THERAPY is now complete; it is dedicated to papers and reviews of the medical aspects of ECT. Dick Abrams has put it M-together, and is the issue editor. it will be put out as a regular issue-oi the journal, but also reprinted, supported by Dick's company, and distributed at the APA meeting in San Francisco. There will also be another special issue devoted to the mode of action of ECT, and this one is being put tOgether by Harold Sackeim for later this year. The American Medical Association has formally endorsed the use of ECT. print the resolution but it already has been discussed in the APA News. it is of the progress of ECT. sign a good We will ' Harold Sackeim told me that the Psychiatric institute is planning a special meeting in September honoring the 50th anniversary of the first use of ECT at the institute. It would be a timely topic to cover in our News at Notes section. What was it like in the early days at the Institute? In the early days in New York? I have the notes from the Abrams interview with you. Could you supplement these? Is there anyone else that I could interview to report the events of that period? 1 swoutd‘be =gald‘td put something together for your approval. Think on it; any notes or recollections would be most helpful. That is all for now. My best regards and wishes for continued improvement. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry . _ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Kalinowsky, Lothar Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-6-152 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/80ce492d137845378071f6618c026cec.pdf 8f6760288d0be779a9b6a3afddbf2014 PDF Text Text October 25, 1988 Mr. Peter Alexis, Executive Director Psychiatric Institute, Fort Worth 815 Eighth Avenue Fort Worth, TX 7610‘} Dear Mr. Alexis, In response to the inquiry by Ms. Robin Moore, I enclose the information requested. I know of no official standards for credentialling practitioners, nurses or anesthesiologists in electroconvulsive therapy. The American Psychiatric Association has a Task Force which is now considering guidelines of ECT treatment, privileging, and training; that report is due late in 1989. There are two academic programs for training practitioners in ECT; one under the supervision of C. E. Coffey and R. Weiner at Duke University, and the second under the supervision of L.’ Greenberg and myself at Stony Brook. Both are five-day, 'hands-on' courses, and carry CME credit hours. The Duke University program has a special course for nurses; we invite nurses and anesthesiologists to take part in our program. Many teaching materials are already available, including textbooks, videotapes, and journals. In our course, we provide these materials to our students as part of their fee. Some descriptions are enclosed for your use. The question of a visiting lecture series was raised. It is possible for a from our program to visit your hospital and lecture on ECT. Such member faculty is standard for us; I have just completed such a tour of the seven rather practice medical schools in the Netherlands. It is also possible to survey the standard of practice; examine the facilities and records of ECT; and to provide a report on the degree to which the program meets established standards of care (using the 1978 APA Task Force report as a guide; or the proposed guidelines when these appear). We can assist in preparing a manual of procedures for ECT at your facility. I was told that there are six PIA hospitals in Texas alone (and 52 in the nation). With that base, it should also be possible to develop a-special training program at one of your facilities, by importing two or three of the faculty from Stony Brook for a few days, to provide representatives from each of the PIA facilities with an opportunity to become acquainted with present standards of care. Fees for such services would be negotiated probably on theybafsi‘s‘ of the daily rates usually provided for consultations off-site; a copy of, those rates is attached. I trust these remarks are helpful.gG.ooEiM-luck in your efforts. Sincerely yours, J fix.“ ~ V,» r; ' ‘_ ' Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Alexis, Peter Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-6-150 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/f22415d386b6ecb2869d26d6fdab130b.pdf b9d93283dea9d043c621a8d0337e5f97 PDF Text Text smmw“tn mus»:.-. ‘ ' , w“. , S e» c", , “mum -;~hw;'vyw7——wa' m-wamm. u —-—— ;.‘m' , , . -s—v—u March 20, 1989 Ms. Amanda Hopkins-Alexiadis Psychiatric Institute, Fort Worth 315 Eighth Avenue P.O. Box 69 Fort Worth, TX 76101 Dear Ms. Hopkins-Alexiadis, in response to an inquiry by Ms. Robin Moore for a survey of ECT practice and accompanying training at PIA hospitals in Texas, 1 indicated that training was best provided at the two established courses at Duke University and SUNY at Stony Brook. The SUNY course is a five day, ‘hands-on‘ course which is taught by six members of the faculty. intensive sessions discuss clinical indications, ECT techniques, nursing care, anesthesiOIOgy, medical aspects, instrumentation, theory, and consent. (A description is enclosed.) Such an intensive course cannot be duplicated outside our facility at this short notice. Therefore, we believe it would be preferable to have members of your staff attend the next course, planned for mid-June. But it such attendance is not feasible, we beleve we can create a reasonable facsimile for your staff at Fort Worth. As it is not possible for any of us to teach consistently and continuously for the required minimum two or three days, it would be necessary to include more than one member of our teaching faculty, and I would invite Dr. Lawrence Greenberg, attending psychiatrist and Mrs. irene Carasiti, ECT nurse. Both have worked with me for more than five years in our EC‘l' unit. ' A program would be focussed on practical clinical issues: indications for ECT, selection of cases, consent, medical examinations, demonstration of treatment practice (dosage, electrode placement, frequency), adverse effects and their management, identification of high-risk cases, and malpractice concerns. Such sessions would require a clinician to spend time in the clinical facility to determine the types of cases to be used in the clinical sessions; and to survey the treatment facilities for ECT. A suggested two-day curriculum is attached. The addition of a third day will allow sessions for nurses and anesthesiologists; didactic sessions on ECT theory; discussions of the role of the consultant, management of the high-risk patient, credentialling and privileging, and extended applications as maintenance ECT, treatment of adolescents, and neurologic and medical (mmpsychiatric) applications of ECT. �Psychiatric Institute of Fort Worth Page 2 it would be possible to invide Mrs. Carasiti to work with your nurses in parallel on one of the first two days. In discussing the facilities now at the Psychiatric Institute, 1 was told that patients are not now being treated with ECT. We consider a hands-on demonstration so useful, that every effort should be made to take the students to a facility where EC? is actually given; or, to allow us to demonstrate ECT at the institute in suitable cases. design our teaching to encourage our students to teach others at their We provide each student with texts, videotapes, and readings to supplement the textbooks. For the preposed training program, we will supply one (or multiple) set(s) of the texts and videotapes at our discount of $405. A set of the supplementary readings is duplicated at the nominal charge of $10 and either one or multiple sets can be provided. We institutions. We have not developed charges for such an off-site training course but are prepared to use the fee schedule for off-site patient consultation and court appearance as a reasonable basis. We will set a filly fee of $2,000 for each of the psychiatrists and $1,000 for Mrs. Carasiti. in addition, travel costs at first class rates and local hotel and meal costs will be charged as paid. We can deveIOp this program in the period Sunday-Wednesday, April 23-26. can be reached at my office most mornings at 516-4411 2929. Our FAX number is 516- 4% 7534. I trust these ideas are helpful, and thank you for your inquiry. 1 Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry �1 Psychiatric Institute of Fort Worth “w Page PROPOSED COURSE: CLINICAL ASPECTS OF ECT w» Dag (-12: Preparation afternoon/evening er.—mw-w Yewwm—uy. Visit treatment facility; review charts and interview patients in course of ECT, being considered for ECT, or recently completed ECT. Interviews with other patients who may provide bases for discussion. Visit ECT treatment facility; meet with ECT nurse] physician] anesthesiologist. Plan actual course with project coordinator. Day i: am. indications for ECT: didactic; patient interviews; videotapes. (MF) p.m. l? Pre~treatment examinations (LG) Technical issues in treatment; instrumentation; electrode placement (LG) Discussion of risks; risk management; malpractice issues (MP) Consent (LC or 1C) a.m. Treatment demonstrations (MP, LG) w wvn pm. mm— ~.- —.- Nursing and anesthesiology questions (LG) Frequency and number of Rx; indications for termination; concurrent and sequential use of drug therapies (LG) Maintenance ECT (MP) m-w—n- - 4 -—w—- ymvw y. Do! 3: am. Medical issues; high-risk case management; role of consultants (LG) Other indications: Neurologlc; medical (MP) pan. Concurrent sessions: a... Nurses: Role of nurses in ECT (1C) Pre and Post-EC! management Consent procedures Group therapy for patients Anesthesiologists: Medical risks of ECT (LG) Pre-ECT examinations Ultra—brief anesthesia Airway management High risk medical cases; pregnancy Physicians: Theories of ECT (MP) Credentialling and privileging Malpractice issues instrumentation Continuing emanation for professionals Community education WWW. 3 ... v...-4v.w-u».r.-~.-,. ..-, .1 _, .7...“ �Psychiatric Institute of Fort Worth Page a Training Materials BOOKS: Fink, M. CONVULSNE THERAPY: Theory and Practice, Raven Press, 1979. ‘ American Psychiatric Association: Task Force Report #14, Washington, D.C., 1978. Abrams, R. ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY. Oxford University press, 1988. Malitz, S. and Sackeim, H. ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY: Clinical and Basic Research Issues. New York Academy of Sciences, New York 1986. JOURNALS: 'CONVULSWE THERAPY, Raven Press, New York. Quarterly. VIDEOTAPES: . Bluff, INFORMED ECT FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES. Somatics Inc., Lake 1986. 11., MIND AND BODY. Health Information Network. Distributed by MECT A Corporation. Portland Oregon, 1987. *' SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS IN EC? The set of books and videotapes may be obtained at our cost of $475 each. The supplementary readings can be duplicated here at about $10 each or we can supply an unbound set for your duplication. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Hopkins-Alexiadis, Amanda Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-6-149 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/e0591b78b11160f3657efb9a297da426.pdf 78d8f8c196e3561773b4e7fb06782998 PDF Text Text iarch 29, 1989 John M. Ackerman, M.D. 2417 Castillo Street Santa Barbara, California 93105 .v— - " i am acquainted with publications describing electro—acupuncture ECT (EACT) by Dr. Xue and his coworkers in Beijing, and another by Drs. He and Zhuosan (in a separate report from Xian). Both reports appeared in CONVULSIVE THERAPY in 1985. They suggested an equivalence in efficacy between EACT and conventional ECT but greater safety for EACT. in the absence of a random -._w;,.v~——..—.—-— W. V, ., < ”w...”— —w-mw—r—--- -. "nu-v!" Dear Dr. Ackerman, ' assignnient study with independent assessments of outcome and cognition, we remain in the dark as to the importance of these reports. ‘ The second report, "An investigation of Transient Absence of Brain Wave During Convulsion of EACT and ECT" seems to be an abstract. The citation is not given. From the abstract, it is not clear when in the course of the seizure, the TAB W occurred. In 1966, Blachly and Gowing described the end-point of EEGmonitored seizures as 'precise' or 'imprecise‘. Recent studies of the end point find that more than 2/3 of seizures end in a period of iso-electric activity, a flat EEG which may be what is described by Dr. Xue as TABW. The period of isoelectric activity in ECT varies but may be prolonged for more than a few minutes in unusual cases. Usually the duration is under 30 seconds. We are now investigating whether a precise end-point is a favorable prognostic sign (and am imprecise endpoint, an unfavorable one). If i am considering the same phenomenon (TABW = isoelectric activity), then Dr. Xue's observation that 4.1% of cases with EACT had TABW while 31.496 of ECT cases had TABW, would suggest that ECT was the more favorable (effective) treatment. But such speculation needs to be examined with Dr. Xue or another practitioner of EACT. At one time, Dr. Xue correSponded with me and I invited him to visit Stony Brook where l was prepared to let him demonstrate his technique in our unit. He was unable to accept, so i do not have any direct experience with EACT. ww. 'Wumv ‘vw'qm'wwwimmm A ”m— Like other modifications of ECT, the burden of proof of claims of efficacy or safety lies with the protagonist. I do not know how many Cases would be required to define a difference between EACT and ECT, or if there is a difference. i suppose one could estimate the number of cases needed after observing EACT practice in a few model cases. in assessing differences between unilateral and bilateral electrode placements, for example, it required a few hundred cases to demonstrate a difference. �Dr. John Ackerman EACT vs ECT - Page 2 If Dr. Johnson is enthusiastic to try EACT, an open clinical trial in characteristic depressed (and delusional) cases would be of some interest. If he could verify the claims that seizures were induced with remarkably low currents; that needle electrodes were safe and effective; and that the number of treatments needed were either equal or fewer than ECT, it might justify others trying EACT. During Dr. Xue's visit, did he demonstrate EACT? if yes, I would be pleased to talk to an American observer who may have participated in such a demonstration. ' " Thank you for bringing Dr. Xue's arguments to my attention. if there is more that needs discussion, you can call me most mornings at my office (5164M 2929). Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MAD. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Ackerman, John M. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-6-148 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/3ff6d6e80b0edbb3e480c5370cdc0e7c.pdf d21dc75637addcac7c054a266746f882 PDF Text Text May 25, 1989 Dr. Thomas Bewley Senior Lecturer Department of Addictive Behavior St. George's Hospital Medical School London SW17 England, United Kingdom Dear Tom, What a delightful review! Your review of SPYCATCHER as a study in alcohol consumption said so much that should be said, in an engaging manner, that read and re—read it. I am writing to congratulate you on a fine job. Alcohol abuse is so common in our population that it is a feature of fully half our admissions. Similarly benzodiazepine use is a feature of our middle aged patients. In any case, your review was excellent, and l congratulate you on a fine analysis of modern political leadership. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry P.S. It was good seeing you in‘ Brighton. When next you come to New York, would you let me know? i would like my associates to meet you. . 1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Bewley, Thomas Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-6-141 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/820bc03d9d9214ff32a543620724f3b3.pdf cd5d01a44a9dadda2e5744ec39ab6e05 PDF Text Text May 28, 1988 Mr. Jess Buckelew NDMDA P.O. Box 79672! Danes, Texas 75379 Deer Mr. Buckelew, it was a pleaswe meeting you in Montreal. in 1986, lappeared in an educational segment on the McNeil/Lehrer News Hour.mtreportwasqm‘tesuocesstul,andledmetoworkwiththesamevideo team to make two new videotapes for the education of professionals and of patients and thek families. The production of the tapes was supported by Somatics lnc.Youmayhavehadanoportmitytoseeasegmentofonevideotapeattheir at the America Psychiatric Association meetings. The videotape for booth Patients and Their Families may be particularly appropriate for your educational program. I enclose a description of the tapes; they are available from 50th A few years ago, the Carrier Foundation (Belle Meade, New Jersey) had a two day educational senior: on ECT. This was recorded and the audiotapes are available from the Foundation. An audiotape of my presentation "ECT: How it Works: Patient Selection" is 15-04: 16—85. You may also be interested in the recem presentation on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, the NPR radio program of April 16, 1988. They reviewed the present status of electroconvuisive therapy, highlighting the 50th anniversary of the intromction of the treatment. Finally, 1 enclose a few copies of the recent historical section of CONVULSIVE THERAPY for your use. Thank you for your inquiry. Sincerely yours, Max Pitt, M.D. Editor � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Buckelew, Jess Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-5-135 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/afa4add3987c6fe241d1b0ce5c6f20d0.pdf 10bad05727a060d89fe90ce67085bea7 PDF Text Text u—n <"1“"-anr- "v—AVWWn '—' v. «w» .v -W -, ~«r.A~——— ‘ m- vaewr.» w "1." August 15, 1988 ' " l "" " c Mr. Ronald B. Schwartz 4916 Conrad Street Skokie, IL 60077 "" . "—"'"‘ ‘7 Dear Mr. Schwartz, .— ‘7 ‘ A Mr. Buckalew contacted me and my response was to advise him of the variety of videotapes and audio cassette recordings about electroconvulsive therapy in which I have been a participant. I did not make a special tape for the library. I am unable to transfer the copyright to any of these recordings. ‘ WWWMMW- ‘- Good luck in your efforts. Sincerely yours, _— v.1— «mm Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Schwartz, Ronald B. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-5-134 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/9ed44ec771dfe14ed38ffa984babda9d.pdf 6d84a5ec90408c0515172fcf3c947b88 PDF Text Text August 18, 1988 Herman M. van Praag, M.D. Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1300 Morris Park Avenue Bronx, New York 10461 Dear Herman, Thank you once again for copies of your annual report. I have watched the of the report, which surely reflects the progress in your Department, from growth few a pages of xeroxed material to these two descriptive volumes. While they reflect much, I am sure that they tell only a fraction of the sweat and anxiety that went into the Department's growth. I looked through the sections for reflections of the use of EC!” and found I recall that one of your associates was interested in developing a useful. this manual of procedures. Now that our science has become so complex and high—tech, the APA has found the same need and has established a new Task Force on ECT which is writing guidelines for treatment and for accreditation of practitioners. The report should be available next May. One interesting aside. My impression is that EC!” is rarely used in the Netherlands. The amount of published new work is small. I was surprised a few months ago by an invitation from Organon to come to Holland for a week in October, to lecture on the topic of EC‘I' at each of seven medical schools. The faculties apparently requested the topic! Even though the assignment is clearly overwhelming and onerous, I gladly accepted gladly the opportunity to meet colleagues and re-establish relationships. I asked to meet with David de Wied. Are there other researchers with an active interest in EC'I' whom I should try to meet? Wrwwww Stony Brook is also growing nicely. Fritz has placed his imprimatur on the Department (most of the appointees made by Stanley Yolleshave left), and we are moving forward as a full fledged neuroscience center. I have taken these months off to write a book on an old love, that of pharmam-electroencephalography. I hope to get it done by early Spring. meet Gregory Asnis from time to time, and read often of his work. I met recently your graduate, John Zach who has become restive in White Plains and is interested in a move. At one time, he spoke to me about setting up an ECT unit; his most recent work has been in eating disorders. I Thank you again for keeping me informed. My regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-5-132 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/3d487ad38db05c090314cd7008ea270b.pdf 423ce399c86401db5a9d768854651e3f PDF Text Text August l7, 19 88 Alan Edelson, Ph.D. Raven Press 1185 Avenue of the Americas New York City 10036 Dear Alan, The enclosed letter speaks for itself. Alfred Freedman has been a remarkable leader in American and world psychiatry- thoughtful, liberal, productive. It was his vision that launched the Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry and its many offshoots. He launched this journal, and although it has not made a big impact, its issues are among the most thoughtful in our profession. The closest relative in my ken is the Behavioral 6c Brain Sciences (Cambridge University Press) edited by Steven Harnad of Princeton. Alfred is retiring, but remains active and enthusiastic. He probably needs a project to keep his interests high during his retirment, and the journal may be a useful vehicle. I know that some exploration has been done by Raven Press, and perhaps the issue is moot. Nevertheless, lam bringing it to your attention again. Alfred is a connection to the 'political' leaders (vis a vis the 'scientific') of the world of psychiatry. That may be of some merit. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Editor P.S. Martha and I very much enjoyed your visit. Carol's suggestion led us to get the electrician in and, among other changes, the face plate for the light switches is level. And, I did not get to Munich after all; my mother fell and fractured her hip; the surgery and hospitalization kept me here. She is progressing nicely now, but the timing was inopportune. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Edelson, Alan Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-5-131 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/4e469636bf8adaf82337f5e09be42d54.pdf e402e94ef72016b415ccee8af41e50c4 PDF Text Text - ‘rw-w-v ”W'WW‘I" August 23, 1988 Murray Wexler, Ph.D. Department of Psychiatry 6: Behavioral Sciences University of Southern California School of Medicine LAC/USC Medical Center 1934 Hospital Place Los Angeles, CA 90033 Dear Dr. Wexier, i am pleased to submit this letter in support of the promotion of Dr. BARRY A. KRAMER to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry. I have known Barry since his tenure at Hillside Hospital when he was interested in electroconvulsive therapy and we developed a collaborative research protocol. He left for California in i9 82, as we were completing our protocol, and we sought to develop the project at USC but that was not feasible. We have collaborated on a number of reports since then. His survey of the usage of ECT in California is an important historical and social document, often quoted. He also carried out a survey of the use of ECT as a maintenance treatment, and published a fine report last year. He participated in a number of programs with me at national society meetings. Barry is a well trained psychiatrist, with a keen appreciation of the role of ECT in clinical practice. He has made significant contributions to convulsive therapy research and his publications are well regarded. recognize Barry as a dedicated, responsible, and excellent clinician. He is friendly, interested, and enthusiastic about his work. He is a dedicated parent. Barry is an established clinical teacher. His presentations are clear and well thought out. I He clearly meets the standards for promotion at this University, and i would heartily endorse his promotion. As for the question of tenure at this University, it is not possible to make such a judgement since tenure is reserved for full-time faculty. if Barry were a faculty member on a full-time basis, I believe we would recommend his promotion with tenure, although there may be a question regarding the absence of laboratory investigations in an aspect of neuroscience in his record. Such evidence seems now to be the standard in our department. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Wexler, Murray Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-5-130 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/022924bfe6e83a0b9067a4e0686f33a0.pdf 35e8379a77406ea543b1cf0ef96aa1ad PDF Text Text ——-——-—-—m «n vumvm w-wnv —., < '7 -vm'Fw—uu—n "v.1..- W September 6, 1988 .vmm w. m, a“nun...” _N—v'y-W Leon Grunhaus, M.D. Department of Psychiatry University of Michigan Hospitals, D9702, Box, Oil 8 Ann Arbor, Michigan #8109-0118 Dear Leon, Thank you for sharing your videotape with us. My nurse, Mrs. Caraslti and I viewed it together. We famd it a fine presentation of case material and the ECT treatment process. We found no portion to criticize. The overall effect is clearly a positive one. I have asked Mrs. Carasiti to use the tape instead of our own for the next few teaching sessions and I will let you know it the patients or their families have any feedback. 1 am delighted that another tape now exists and 1 encourage you to make it available as to users in other centers as Somatics has made my tapes. I! it does become available, please let Richard Weiner know so that he can include it among the list of available teaching materials in the forthcoming APA Task Force report. Your letter to Harold was enclosed with the tape and lam returning it to that you so you can address the special requests to him again. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Grunhaus, Leon Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-5-128 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/3f7a222eeead3d01f45ed0921b481a48.pdf 06f52fe09118c959bcee3a5d744d8707 PDF Text Text September 6, 1988 Joseph Jaffe, NH). New York State Psychiatric Institute 722 West 168 Street New York City 10032 Dear Joe, vu, all over again! Yes, I do remember our little diagnostic experiments, and I must say that our experience has influenced me all my life. In our Hillside days, we learned that diagnosis was not particularly useful when we were asked to treat patients, since from time to time, the obviously 'wrong' treatment seems to have been useful. Our random assignment imipramine, chlorpromazine and placebo studies laid the groundwork for the studies of imipramine in phobic disorders, for example. De}_a_' In the 19703, when the APA committee under Bob Spitzer was devising the Chinese menu diagnostic scheme, I argued for consideration of biological present (at the time, mainly the sedation threshold and the nascent neuroendocrine tests) and treatment results as cutting tools, arguing that the main advances in syphilis came about only after the Wasserman test was devised. Such views were disregarded as 'premature'. From time to time I am asked to consult on complex cases, and usually I discard the diagnoses presented in favor of any diagnosis for which a treatment exists. A few weeks ago, I was sent a 25 year old man, ostensibly with schizophrenia (2 consultants agreed), with the statement that BC!" was clearly useless in schizophrenia and therefore neither psychiatrist would treat the boy. This despite the record that 4 years earlier he had responded well, albeit for 13 months! We have since treated him and he is doing nicely. . Another case is that of a 56 year old confused and apathetic woman who was diagnosed as Alzheimer disease, confirmed by a neurologist, and again by a second opinion; consigned to a nursing home for 5 years. She was referred to University Hospital because of a medical condition. When she was on our medical service, our consulting team thought she was depressed. She was referred to our team, and we could not agree on a psychiatric diagnosis; but since the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease was untreatable, we suggested to the husband that since she looked depressed there was the option of a course of ECT, which could make her a little worse for a while, but if it worked . . . It did, and she has now been at her own home for more than 3 years. (When she returned home, she could not believe that her daughters were her own, for she had the Rip van Winkle syndrome, believing that her daughters were five years younger.) �Dr. Joseph Jaffe Page 2 Another more recent case is that of a 25 year old married mother with a history of lupus erythematosus, admitted in manic excitement, treated with haloperidol, and seen the next day in a catatonic state. Internists believed she had lupus cerebritis with epilepsy continua, and they tried various voodoo treatments including high doses of antiepileptic medications; the psychiatrist laid on the benzodiazeplnes (he feared antipsychotics as neurotoxic). The patient was incidentally presented to my ECT training class and after some discussion, I argued that ECT was the preferred treatment regardless of her diagnosis (lupus cerebritis or NMS or epilepsia continua) since her main symptom was catatonia. Four weeks later she was finally sent for ECT when her catatonia became the aggressive variety and she required continuous restraints. Four weeks of ECT, and she is now home, alert and well. - 0! course, not all such agnostic diagnoses work as well as these did; but it only takes one such diagnosis every so often to convince me that our present disgnostic schemes in psychiatry, especially the Chinese menu approach of your institute, is Rorschach testing in real life; and that more is in the eye of the beholder than in the face of the object, despite the professional belief in their objectivity. _ ' ' Yes, i remember those experiments very well, and often tell my students about them. Perhaps we should do the experiment over and publish the results in the American Journal of Psychiatry? (Under pseudonyms, of course.) Thanks for the very pleasant reminder. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max‘ Fink, MJ). � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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I enjoyed much. it very I continue on service on the inpatient unit at University Hospital six months a year with two residents and two medical students during their rotations; run the ECT service (which is flourishing); and do some research in EEG, as before. My main work is in editing CONVULSIVE THERAPY, a challenge which 1 accepted in 1984 and which has kept me busy since. Our Department has changed markedly under Fritz Henn. We are a neuroscience center, with good relationships with the V.A. and with the State services. So much so, that we are planning a new 250 bed psychiatric research hospital adjoining University Hospital. Planning and architectural drawing funds have been approved. I have put in my bid to run a neuropsychiatry unit when that center opens, but we will surely have a large medical/surgical psychiatric unit, as well as research units for dementia, schizophrenia, and affective disorders. Meanwhile, Mort Miller‘s successor, Tom Craig left to head a unit in New and we are seeking a new Director for the CPD programs. Do you have an Jersey, interest to get back into academic research? The position would be good if you were interested. Thank you again for your kind words and the reminder that sometimes good deeds are rewarded in one's lifetime. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Koran, Larry Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-5-126 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/7e4ea724a626a726e6a17761503d893f.pdf 1bd52c90dbe14b4d930ad92a96a03181 PDF Text Text September 9, i9 88 Robert Shaw, M.D. 1542 Leroy Avenue Berkeley, CA 94708 Dear Bob, It was such a nice note; thank you. have had occasion to recall your insulin coma/ chlorpromazine study. have argued that it was one of the most important studies at Hillside as it rang the death knell, in an academic and research sense, for insulin coma therapy. The study uniortunately is not well known, despite its publication‘in JAMA, since few of the present practitioners even recall that insulin coma existed. I Indeed, I Hillside remains an active part of the SUNY clinical campus structure and our students rotate through there for their third year rotation. Their residency continues to have a good reputation, and their research is excellent. Don Klein succeeded me as Research Director, then went on to Columbia University. John Kane, his student headed the research for the past decade and has a clinical research center in schizophrenia. He was juSt promoted to be the medical director of Hillside and chairman of the Division of Psychiatry of LIJH. He should be able to continue its research interest. I continue on service on the in-patient unit at University Hospital six months a year with two residents and two medical students during their rotations; run the ECT service (which is flourishing); and continue research in EEG, as before. My main work is in editing CONVULSIVE THERAPY, a challenge which I accepted in 198‘! and which has kept me busy since. It is a quarterly journal, now completing its fourth year of publication. It was kind to have a reminder of our work together; my best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Shaw, Robert Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-5-125 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/be0cd1e4882c189ffab8743eb71c140c.pdf b02e959f4f97284ee9351015ba5b44ab PDF Text Text p‘ October 25, 1988 C. w. Erwin, M.D. Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina 27710 Dear Dr. Erwin, I am pleased to submit this letter in support of the promotion of Dr. C. EDWARD COFFEY to the rank of Associate Professor (Psychiatry). 1 have known Ed for about three years, initially through his research writings in convulsive therapy, then as a contributor and reviewer for CONVULSIVE THERAPY, and lately as a member of the journal's Editorial Board. I have observed Ed present ‘ reports at many meetings, and have read many of his reports, not only those submitted to our journal, but to many other journals as well. Ed is a well trained neurologist and psychiatrist, one of a few young academic psychiatrists who has completed formal neurologic training. While it was customaryfor trainees in my generation with an interest in an academic career to complete neurologic training, it is (unfortunately) much less common today, and such experience has contributed materially to Ed's writings and teaching. He clearly has the opportunity to become a leader in the rediscovered discipline of ‘neuropsychiatry'. When I read his c.v., i discovered that he was a Rhodes Scholar. It did not surprise me, for despite his youth 1 already thought of him as an acknowledged expert in ECT and brain imaging, to name two aspects of his research interest. Ed has published more than 35 good scientific articles on MRI scans, EC‘l’, and neuropsychiatric topics. His studies of the effects of caffeine in lengthening seizure duration in ECT are the main citations in an active field. Lately, he has focussed on MRI imaging in elderly depressives, and I believe he is making useful contributions to that preliminary and complex literature. He is among a small band of young, articulate, and enthusiastic researchers in clinical psychiatry. I recognize him as a dedicated and responsible researcher and excellent clinician. He is friendly, warm, genteel, interested, and enthusiastic about his work. He lectures well, and responds to questions with a relaxed and softspoken demeanor. He is an established independent researcher and teacher. He meets the standards for promotion at this University and I recommend him for promotion with much enthusiasm and without reservation. I also would support a recommendation for tenure. Sincerely you rs, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Erwin, C. W. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-5-118 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/7eb944e7563edaccd369fbe63f95570a.pdf 9387f146f966dcf8ac2e15aae966e5f0 PDF Text Text 4. r,_v«--.y- ,_ . October 25, 1988 Louis Jolyon West, MD. Department of Psychiatry UCLA School of Medicine 760 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90024 Dear Jolly, am pleased to submit this letter in support of the promotion of Dr. I LEWIS BAXTER to the rank of Associate Professor in Residence I at UCLA. have known Lew for about four years, initially through his research writings, and more Two years recently as a contributor and reviewer for CONVULSIVE. THERAPY. showed and me host Lew was UCLA, I my ago, when was a visiting lecturer at I his interests. shared and his ceaworkiers, to through his laboratory, introduced me also have seen the ECT videotape which he produced for his research and teaching. I Lew is a well trained psychiatrist, with skills and interests in psychopharmacology and brain imaging. He has published more than 30 good scientific articles on a wide range of topics ~— PET scans, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, ECT, and clinical psychopharmacology. Lately, he seems tois have iocussed on imaging studies as his particular interest, and i believe he making useful contributions to that preliminary and complex literature. He is among a small band of young, articulate, and enthusiastic researchers in clinical psychiatry. In late 1986, when Fritz Henn sought a candidate to head our him Lew's imaging programs in conjunction with Brookhaven Laboratories, i sent of Reimann Washington Eric (like Lew, do that today), (and c.v. for i thought then brain imaging. in {17,15 a leader psychiatric recognize Lew as a dedicated and responsible researcher and excellent clinician. He is friendly, interested, and enthusiastic about his work. He lectures is well, and responds to questions with a relaxed and non-hostile demeanor. He an established independent researcher and teacher. He meets the standards for promotion at this University and I recommend him for promotion with much enthusiasm and without reservation. I Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MJ). Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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It was a good meeting, and I am still relishing the many fine recollections. ‘ . i received the application of your young M.D., and gave it to our new Director of Residency Training, Gregory Friccione, who agreed to write a personal letter regarding the application process. I hope it was helpful. Meanwhile I am back at work after a hectic week in the Netherlands, where I lectured on ECT at seven universities in five days -- yes 7 in 5 days. It was fun and i am just about recovered. No word from our friends at Sigma Tau, although Milt Kletzkin called for a report of our meeting. 1 gave him the glowing one that I had prepared and he seemed rather pleased. Invited me to lunch in New York, soon. My best regards. UWWWWWT'J-n . Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Sannita, Walter Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-5-116 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. 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I Meanwhile, I have kept up with Lothar's progress and plan to see him tomorrow, as I am coming to New York after a month's travelling. Turan and I presented our work at the international Pharmaco-EEG meetings in Kobe, Japan. He did well and he has many loyal students who attended the sesssions reliably and enthusiastically. My own impression (it was my first trip to Japan) was that I had never seen such a fine organization nor were my questions answered so quickly and so well in more than 35 years of attending national and international meetings. Our hosts were most solicitous and the meetings were quite good. Martha and l travelled about, from Kobe to Osaka/Kyoto/Nara by trains, finding them prompt, efficient and generally clean. Language was no problem, and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. lam sorry to have missed the program in New York. My trip to the Netherlands (seven lectures at seven universities in five days) was an educational success, mainly because I learned much about the politics of medical care in a socialized society. It was enough to turn one into a confirmed reactionary. As for Australia, I you anyway for your help. My do not see myself getting there in the near future; thank best to Marcia. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/fccb84b2e26459fc5e0747f1a01202b0.pdf 5e3af1ddfe30246bcbfd170c0147e08d PDF Text Text October 29, 1988 Alexander Gralnick, M.D. Upper King Street Rye Brook, New York 10573 Dear Alex, Good for you! Your article in yesterday's New York Times expressed what we feel, ashamed and uneasy, on hearing and seeing the anti-liberal, NO—NOTHING, anti-American attitudes of Mr. Bush and his accomplices. i did think the American people were stupid when they elected Mr. Reagan, and when they did it again, it was a disaster. But the blatant anti-liberal, anti—black, pro-Redneck, flag-waving, anti-abortion, and anti-environmental blandishments of the Republicans far exceeds even the excesses of the sleazy government which Mr. Reagan brought to Washington. Your article is important and you are to be congratulated, and thanked, by all of us 'liberals' who see the U.S. Constitution as the main hope of mankind in this crazy world. Keep it up. My best regards. Sincerely you rs, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Gralnick, Alexander Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-5-114 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/431bbe1da576a92bbaa7e948d369ce30.pdf fb6848d413ab06764d8bc90f9037ff65 PDF Text Text October 29, 1988 Alan J. Gelenberg, M.D. THE ARBOUR 49 Robinwood Avenue Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Dear Alan, The Therapy Resistance Conference was most interesting and clearly a successful and important occasion. The topic deserves the study that it is now getting. Perhaps I over-reacted to the Post slides, but is it not a reflection on our practice when a leader of what is presumably the most prestigious, expensive, and over-funded psychiatric research venture in the [1.5. unashamedly tells a public audience that he subjects his patients to one experimental regimen after another, month after month, year after year, without prior attempts at an effective treatment? is that not a sign of hubris? I cannot imagine a similar scenario at The Arbour or at University Hospital (or at McLean, or Payne Whitney, or the many other fine clinical/ research centers in the U.S.) In any case, the My article by Kroessler is enclosed. best regards. Sincerely you rs, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-5-113 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/8716331a0de8d93bd37e8ee4061ea8ce.pdf 390e5e894acdf447a3583a338b7f434c PDF Text Text November 4, 1988 Norman Endler, Ph.D. Department of Psychology York University l‘700 Keele Street North York, Ontario, Canada M33 1P3 Dear Norman, Yes, the meetings-in Philadelphia were quite good, and much better than had heped for. It was indeed a celebration, despite the protesters, who seem to have made their greater mark on the press, and seemingly little on the I participants. you. Yes, I have received a copy of ECT: The Myths and the Realities; thank reported earlier this year, I am committeed to so many projects that I can hardly get to my clinical work; but I will, do what I can to contribute the requested chapter. As 1 a My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry �May 26, 1988 C. Douglas McCann, Ph.D. and Norman Endler, Ph.D. Department of Psychology York University ’4700 Keele Street North York, Ontario, Canada M33 1P3 Dear Dr. McCann and Norman, While Iseem to be committeed to so many projects that I can hardly see the top of my desk, 1 will do what i can to contribute the requested chapter later this summer. What is not clear to me is the intended audience. The chapter titles are too diverse to be of interest to the practicing psychiatrist or psychologist; and too unfocussed to be attractive to the research/academic type. Students of psychology? Laity? Please advise. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Endler, Norman Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-5-111 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. 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Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/84db3111e5609e3a16dce2777a1866cf.pdf f609d02d0570f215ac17053a41f738ad PDF Text Text December 21, 1988 ml—m'vr ,- flaw” w». www—r—r—,~ GretaKoinig, M.D. Psychiatrische Universitéitsklinik Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien Wilhringer Gurtel 18-20 1090 VIENNA AUSTRIA Dear Greta, What a pleasant surprise to receive your informative letter and greetings. have regularly received news from Vienna from our young Ph.D. scientist (who seems to be doing very well in his laboratory work, and his social life). We Protocol: Dr. Gangadhar has been a regular contributor to CONVULSIVE THERAPY and he had informed me that he was planning to study in Vienna. I read the proposal and it is consistent with our present knowledge and experience. There are a few points that you may wish to consider. A study focussed on a defined course of 6 ECT argues that about 1/3 or of the subjects will be inadequately treated at that measurement. Whatever more benefits ECT may provide, may yet develop with more treatment. it may be better science to design the study so that that the ratings of depression reach an arbitrary (though low) value as the time at which the prolactin measures are re-examined. Prolactin release is influenced by electrode placement, amount of energy (threshold or supra-threshold), type of current (sinusoidal or brief—pulse), and sex and age of the subject. One problem with the Siemens Konvulsator is that it delivers variable amounts of energy. Some attention should be paid to these variables in the design of the study. While the study is of temporal interest, a more illuminating study of dopaminergic phenemona in ECT might be one of patients with parkinson disease and depression. Suggest that Dr. Gangadhar read CONVULSIVE THERAPY g: 321327 (Fochtmann) and 3: 189—191 (Fink). Hypothesis: As for the other questions, I enclose a copy of a report which I have just sent to the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, and’which is under editorial review. It is the latest version of the neuroendocrine hypothesis of ECT. . "W wwwt‘ �Dr. Greta Koinig December 21, 1988 Training: We do not have a formal ECT training program for our psychiatric residents. in the first year, they receive lectures on affective disorders and the treatments available; about 3 hours are devoted to ECT. In their second year, while on the in-patient service, they spend two months on the 'ECT Team', managing every case referred for ECT. On average,’they manage about 8-12 cases. ECT is also discussed in the weekly attending case rounds. Finally, selected residents may do research in ECT duing their elective period (fourth year) for periods up to six months. We average one resident each year. in addition, we have organized a formal hands-on' training in ECT. A description is enclosed. The next course is sceduled for the week of March 6, 1989. lPAAE: The details of the lPAAE are enclosed. (The society is changing its name to The Association for Convulsive Therapy (ACTH. ECT DATABASE: Citation searches for tapics in ECT are available to subscribers and contributors to CONVULSIVE THERAPY, by request addressed to my office. There is no formal citation list that is made up periodically; each issue of CONVULSIVE THERAPY contains the citations included in the database in the previous quarter. There are numerous ways to reach me. Using the University BITNET system, my address'is MFINKQSBCCMAIL.BITNET. For FAX, my temporary number is 516- 862 8604 (although this will change in about a month). My home number is 516-862 6651. i am delighted that there is a resurgence in interest in ECT in Vienna. i have been gratified by the continuing acceptance of ECT and CONVULSIVE THERAPY; its portrayal as a reasonable treatment; the greater investment in training and improved facilities; and the greater attendance and interest in ECT at conferences and meetings. The main thrust today is no longer the acceptance of ECT, nor its indications, nor the technical details of currents and electrode placements, but in its mode of action. Hopefully, this interest will improve our understanding of both the treatment and the pathOphysiology of affective disorders. 1989. i trust these responses are helpful. 'iy best wishes for a happy and healthy Sincerley yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Koinig, Greta Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-5-106 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/62f4e149162b55194d21c56fee60b624.pdf 1ea3de717d246ac6cc71066a5042d75b PDF Text Text ”it 3" yu—a-v. a—u—w April 7, 1988 Charles Kellner, M.D. Department of Psychiatry Medical University of South Carolina l i E i l 171 i Ashley Avenue Charleston, SC 29‘325 Dear Dr. Kellner, We would be pleased to assist you in the development of both research and clinical skills in convulsive therapy, and agree to supervise your education at University Hospital at Stony Brook for a period that is mutually satisfactory. in response to the prevailing need for education in ECT practices, we have developed a five-day, 'hands-on' ECT course. Our first class of four psychiatrists and two nurses went through the course in February, and we have scheduled a second course the week of May 16. A description of the course is enclosed. The fee for psychiatrists is $1,500. , » On occasion, we have had fellows attend our service for periods of up to two months, and would be willing to do so again. in addition to our active ECT teaching and treatment programs, our research programs in ECT include: ECT and Antipsychotic drugs in Patients with Positive-Symptom Psychosis (Schizophrenia). Comparison of etomidate and methohexital anesthesia: Influence on seizure ' ' , duration. Pentylenetetrazol vs Caffeine in Altering Seizure Duration. Electrophysiology of seizures: Comparison of Brief pulse, Sinusoidal currents, and Pentylenetetrazol enhanced seizures. Relations between Neuropsychological changes and the duration of isoelectric EEG period after seizures. Effect of ECS and antipsychotic drugs on blood brain barrier. Effect of ECS on brain catecholamines in animals with learned helplessness. Finally, wt edit the journal CONVULSIVE THERAPY and manage the CONVULSIVE THERAPY DATABASE from these offices. Good luck in your program. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Kellner, Charles Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-4-103 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/f631776f593cd8adc3687239399f8995.pdf 6d6a37a05ffb7ce422f55f5772ea9d8d PDF Text Text M,__;,, . v. a: . 4.... «>r1:~"1‘r.~'l'w .w-r u -. ‘- ,_ 7v..., V vs... a; L .w .. w yawn". "nfl’_ .1...‘ vmizfi‘v’fixam at -m 77.. ~-..~ — .F. April l7, 19 88 Michael A. Taylor, MI). .. Professor 6c Chairman Department of Psychiatry A . w v,_ 3333 Green Bay Road North Chicago, Illinois 60061: Wm". Dear Mickey, *,,,_,.,..___-.._.W...— sm.w.m_ ‘ «7...... m W v—w'wmwv‘" V was pleased to send the enclosed to the Search Committee of the University of Vermont. I have been there twice, about six and two years ago. It is a good campus, and seemed to have well qualified students. I was not impressed with the research interest, since my hosts impressed me that they were busy earning their salaries through their practice plan. But if anyone can shake the establishment and raise the academic sights, I am sure that you can. I When I was a boy, I camped often on Lake George, and canoed Champlain. Indeed, was camping on Lake George on June 6, 19M (ID-Day) and can still recall I the thrill of our fishing the next few days, with the optimism that the war would now soon come to an end. In the early 1970s, we usually rented a camp for a month on Raquette Lake. You will surely like the fishing in the Adirondack streams and lakes. ’ I do hope that you get the position if that is what you want. Is there anything else lcan do for NNérBN? lam not too surprised that the reviewers didn't accept the pharmaco-EEG article. The question, whether there is anything more than noise in the waking EEG, remains an interesting one, particularly since the technical issues of recording and analysis have been solved so handsomely. Now that the ECT issues are fairly cut and dried, I have decided to take time off the second half of the year and write a book on Brain and Behavior: Pharmaco-EEG Revisited. I will emphasize theory, much as I did with Convulsive Therapy. If Iam successful, we should be able to get reviewers of NNchN to look at the article with a fresh eye a year hence. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry v J.‘ -_-,. wavw - � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Taylor, Michael A. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-4-100 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/ed1573bb02e1ced660cd9115fcdf7e93.pdf 376b26b411168d4ba1f81a3b0d10844b PDF Text Text v .WVM'V’ “a «t . ‘wmm‘ ~1— w mmv-p—r- non-V a... eta-"rm; ; .7..-” -—.mu-u-—-:-.w.w_,. .mv .‘-e, -7. cues. s ..~~ N—rau. new. — . - , , - ‘ April 18, 1933 Norman R. Alpert, Ph.D. Chairman, Search Comm. for Psychiatry Dept. Physiology 6: Biophysics Given Building University of Vermont School of Medicine Burlington, VT 05305 Dear Dr. Alpert, lam pleased to submit this letter of recommendation on behalf of Professor Michael A. Taylor, who is being considered for the position of chairman of the Department of Psychiatry. He is ably qualified and fully capable of accepting the responsibilities outlined in the job description sent to me. I have known Mickey Taylor for more than two decades, since his residency training at the New York Medical College. Among a group of excellent students, he was outstanding, an independent thinker, and a careful worker. Taking an idea from a single report from Michigan, he examined the incidence of male and female offspring born to psychotic mothers in the State hospitals in New York, mothers who were psychotic at the time of conception. He. found a higher incidence of female infants born to such mothers.'He then examined the impact that medication may have had on the gender advantage for female infants. Such innovative studies were awarded the prestigious A.E.Bennett award of the Society of Biological Psychiatry. «v- -.. awn—— Jw-n-‘vvnw- w" "w."— 1' V'v w-pv-r w- I'm-m.- .n-w- Wl‘lwm'u-r‘ ,«ulw—AAWV'MWlewerv-qwlr'Wl-"I vs , After a tour in the U.S. Navy, where he also published clinical research studies, he returned to join our faculty at Stony Brook. He took over a routine state hospital ward without a single distinguishing or redeeming feature. Within a year, it became an outstanding study and research unit, indeed, the premier unit of the many at the hospital. He was rapidly promoted to Associate Professor and was under consideration for promotion to Professor when he was invited to the chair in Chicago where he became Professor and Chairman. in research, Mickey is an outstanding clinician and phenomemlogist. He and his associate, Richard Abrams have led a re-assessment of the genetic and familial contributions to clinical phenomenology; the classification of schizophrenia and catatonia; and the neuropsychological consequences of subtle brain damage, both generalized and localized. Their independent thinking and databased studies are outstanding. in teaching, his texts are excellent. Both his Neuropsychiatric Mental Status Examination and General Hospital Psychiatry are innovative and important texts, widely used in teaching psychiatric residents. He is an outstanding lecturer. - �Michael A. Taylor, MD. University of Vermont Page 2 Based on his record of contributions in neuroscience and neuropsychology, he was invited to become the founding editor of a new scientific journal, "Neuropsychology, Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology”, published by Raven Press of New York. His administrative abilities are also excellent. i watched the development of the teaching unit at the Central lsiip Psychiatric Center. I have visited his units in Chicago, where he not only has developed a productive Department of Psychiatry, but established such fine relationships with the Department of Psychology that i believe he has been acting chairman for an interim period. And, I am amazed by the continued productivity of his students and associates. can think of few psychiatrists in the U.S. who match Mickey's talents as a clinician, researcher, and teacher, and I recommend him heartily for the chairmanship. Mickey is an avid fisherman, and lam confident that the waters of Lake Champlain and the many lakes of the Adirondack Mountains will be a positive attraction. i hope that you can attract a man of his experience and talent. Good 1 luck. - Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Alpert, Norman R. 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Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/22522035b3549c90b66d69b8e3c20a93.pdf a279b919b56d775054063f7f732dc285 PDF Text Text genuffl...‘ .__. ”v . .... W 7“ “Va—J. v.1 n.7- mmrytvrwve~-w.._.- ...,” “usurp—...". ..- . - ‘ mevwm—rwuum “Tamra“ —. mar .. -...—,—.v«-~i.m.,_.»---_-nn, “2...“. mm; :. w April 23, 1988 ...T.,..—‘.v.‘ A Dr. John Waterhouse Department of Psychiatry Western General Hospital Edinburgh EHQ ZXU United Kingdom Dear Dr. Waterhouse, I Your letter of November 25 arrived (inexplicably) at the end of March, and it sent through the Department Chairman to the professorial faculty. While we would be pleased to have you participate in one of our many research or teaching programs, present State regulations regarding appointments of outside faculty preclude our providing an appointment which has clinical (therefore reimbursable) service as the basis for an appointment and support. The strictures which apply to a State facility do not ordinarily apply to a private hospital or university. You may wish to write to the two principal psychiatric academic centers in New York City, Dr. Herbert Pardes at Columbia University (722 West 168 Street, New York City 10032) or Dr. Gerald Klerman at the Cornell Medical College (Payne Whitney Clinic, 525 East 168 Street, New York City 10021). ‘My regards to Professor Hamilton. Regrettably, Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Waterhouse, John Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-4-098 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/a5573bfea96e2deca41f8f65fb2d0fda.pdf da2e9ee379b527a70c5b3ad7bdf36f4b PDF Text Text '1‘»- . . ~,, ..,, ~.~-- ,, “n.7,“, ._,,_ .r—v... -W-;_7.u.~- a...~_....x-~~r vs - .m- "V... 1...).--" ,. m ., 1......— -.7._,......_r..... ._.....7 .—,_.,.... ..7..v.-_r .— . mm \.-'o-W ., --—....~ . K,_ .41 203.7 lop“? April 30, 1988 Dr. John W. Goethe and Dr. Martin R. Ford Institute for Living t$00 Washington Street Hartford, CT 06106 Dear Dr. Goethe and Dr. Ford, 1 was so sorry the weather did not hold for your flight on Thursday. I very much understand the frustrations of being at the airport and getting weather reports every 15 minutes, only to decide that the trip had to be cancelled. It is then that instrument rating looks so good. had searched the ECT Database for citations to EEG and culled the attached list as those that seemed most relevant. Interest in EEG studies has reawakened as we have become more interested in the definition of an 'adequate’ or i 'therapeutic' seizure. Two other topics have surfaced. Are focal or lateralized post-ECT findings related to treatment outcome; and do focal or asymmetric records predict a good or a bad outcome with treatment. There is an international association, not well known in this country, that meets every two years to discuss quantitative EEG and psychopharmacology. They occasionally have papers on ECT, but the main benefit of the group is their interest in the problems of quantification. Your 1986 report in Biological Psychiatry is clearly within the interest of the group. The IPEG (International Pharmaco-EEG Group) meets later this year (September 28-October 1) in Kobe, Japan. Please re-schedule your trip. Weather in May is always better; I did my New York to San Francisco flight in a Cessna 172 in May. My regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry �We”. w (. ”TAM. V 4,3,. ..»...—........ ...~. WWW..." ‘ .V. V . .y, max—w . ,n... acme—"why. v.» ; March mam“ II, ,_,, i “WW. .5.“ , 4~._‘-.‘V._‘r~r~p-.~‘rr‘ w~>1m~ um 1988 John W. Goethe, M.D. Director of Clinical Research Institute of Living ‘‘00 Washington Street Hartford, CT 06106 Dear Dr. Goethe, I would be pleased to have you visit our laboratories in April. at the University most of the month except for April ll; to 20. I expect to be The EEG recordings are mostly done on Thursdays, and a visit on that day would permit us to demonstrate the ongoing work. I can be reached most mornings at 516-444 2929; and most late afternoons 516-862 6651. The best time is from 11 a.m. to noon, after I have completed at rounds. morning ' The University is 60 miles east of New York City on the North Shore of Long Island (Long Island Expressway, Exit 62). The best entry by air is to Long Island MacArthur Airport (20 minutes) or LaGuardia Airport (1.2 hours). If you drive, the Bridgeport/Port Jefferson Ferry brings you about University. 15 minutes from the Come for lunch and we can have the afternoon together. I look forward to your visit. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry - � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Taylor, M.D. Department of Psychiatry Chicago Medical School North Chicago, IL 60064 Dear Mickey, am delighted with the list of papers accepted for the first issue of NNPchN; and i will review the Hales 6r Yudofsky book in early June. i just read the enclosed review in JAMA of another book that may interest our readers; perhaps you should consider it for NNPGIBN. I Meanwhile, Al Freedman's rattling of the cages at the Society of Biological Psychiatry was successful, and Martha and I had a most pleasant occasion. We sat with Oliver Sacks (who gave a special lecture on "lmpulse") who is: l) delightful in a peculiar, idiosyncratic way; 2)looks very much like his cousin, Abba Eban; and 3) seems to be a much better writer and poet than neurologist. (I tried to get him to talk about anosognosia, exosomesthesia, aphasia, and the retardation of parkinsonism, but what he said was mostly poetry.) Still, a most delightful man. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Taylor, Michael A. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-4-092 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/de609dacb78140749c72636e57eb34bd.pdf dfdbfbe5c79d3428128e37d226730c5c PDF Text Text E May 30, 1988 David Kroessler, MD. Department of Psychiatry Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI 02903 Dear David, Last month you enquired about support for continued research in ECT. At the APA meetings, I became acquainted with the NARSAD program. This looks like an appropriate place for you, with Barry's support, to obtain funds for your research. Good luck. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry �April 7, 1988 David Kroessler, M.D. Department of Psychiatry Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI 02903 Dear David, I know of no special foundation grants in electroconvulsive therapy. From time to time, we have been able to get special funding for a seminar or a colloquium at a meeting from some of the ECT companies or a few small foundations. But felloewship money sufficient to allow someone like yourself to develop an academic career has generally come from the National Institute of Mental Health. ' There has been an announcement of a new career fellowship program for medical graduates who have less than five years of post-residency experience. You may qualify and should consider applying. One applicant called me and asked whether I would agree to having him study here for a training period of one to two months, and I agreed. If you wish to arrange such a training program, I will do what I can to make the arrangements at those centers that may be of interest to you. As for project grants, these come exclusively from NIMH. There is a fund at Veterans Administration hospitals which allows investigators to get special funds ($25,000) and then to apply through a special VA funding program. start-up The work here is going well. We have started a five-day CME 'hands-on' training program in ECT. The first class went through in February; we are scheduling the second for the week of May 16. Our research projects are running well and we have a steady output of papers. Larry has taken over the ln-patient service; Krish Gujavarty is moving to the V.A. I append a list of our active ECT projects for your information. Tell Barry that I included a review of his book (which I like very much) in the next issue of CONVULSIVE THERAPY. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Kroessler, David Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-4-090 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/3a355ec034b1a4c08c574f7bafac6d0b.pdf db5a981a365ad74b0ad8f1bea0107253 PDF Text Text June 1, 1988 Dominick P. Purpura, M.D., Dean Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1300 Morris Park Avenue Bronx, New York 10461 Dear Dr. Purpura, I am puzzled by your letter of May 31, asking for an additional assessment of Dr. Gregory Asnis' qualifications. 1 will do what Team. The request is to 'expound on how much time and originality he contributed to these articles . . '. Dr. Asnis came to my laboratory fresh out of his residency at the Mount Sinai Hospital, where he had undertaken independent case material studies, sufficient to receive the annual award for the best 'resident' presentation. Our first published study (his {I 5) was a survey of the use of ECT in metropolitan hospitals. The study was undertaken at my request. Sue Saferstein was a third year medical student, and Greg Asnis was her supervisor in the study. The commission came from the APA Task Force on Electroconvulsive Therapy. My recollection is that I developed the design of the study; Greg and Sue Saferstein carried it out, and wrote the initial reports; and that I edited the final report. I do not think that Greg was interested in ECT thereafter. The second study (his #9) was an outgrowth of an interest in abnormal motor movements. Both Ed Sachar and Herb Meltzer had shown that active antipsychotic drugs elevated serum prolactin. I cannot recall whether the idea of a study came from Greg or another of our team, but my main contribution was to develop the relationship with Ed Sachar, obtain his agreement to undertake the assays, and make one trip to Columbia University to meet Mrs. Halpern, the technician who carried out the assays. Greg left Stony Brook after the samples were collected and the patient' status defined. The report was written at Columbia University, and I received a penultimate copy for my advice. Ido not recall making a contribution to the analyses, nor do I know what processing went on at Columbia University. Greg's experience at Stony Brook was marked by our unsuccessful attempt to organize a research unit at Central lslip Psychiatric Center. I was given that mission by Stanley Yolles, and it was a frustrating and unhappy experience. Because we could not provide a satisfactory site for research, I urged Greg to go to Ed Sachar (and I moved my research to the V.A.). That is one reason why his two years with us appears so unproductive in his record. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Purpura, Dominick P. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-4-088 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/0e3fc20f2aedbcabab628a0987337220.pdf eaa4f16c111e4454a4af7d18e6542d7c PDF Text Text June 3, 19 88 V. N. Bagadia, M.D. Broadway Building, 2nd Floor Matunga Bombay #00 019 India Dear Professor Bagadia, Yes, I believe that our readership would be very interested in a survey of the use of ECT in India. There is a dearth of good data on ECT usage, and much argument, whether usage is increasing or decreasing, whether the indications are changing, and whether consideration is being given to the effects of electrode placements, current type, dosage, frequency of seizures, seizure durations monitoring, and other technical details. I enclose a copyright release which should be signed to accompany the article. The article "Reevaluation of ECT ~6: Right Tempemparietal vs Bitemporal Electrode Placement in Schizophrenia", is scheduled to appear in the third issue of CONVULSIVE THERAPY, in September this year. I look forward to hearing from you. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Editor � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Bagadia, V. N. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-4-087 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/1b7c311e29708cd9889a15b5bd01cf42.pdf 63b3086d3d101f8b0f029bac11fcbcd1 PDF Text Text “'r'wwn'w" MF’ WW~w——,nu -..v v ~ , IF: , v—w rmw—mwuuf - -—m-wm"l‘v-—lwv-L’-‘V"V. May 30, 1988 Alfred M. Freedman, MD. Professor 5: Chairman Department of Psychiatry New York Medical College Valhalla, New York 10595 Dear Al, Enclosed is a copy of your nomination for the 1988 McAlpin Award. it may be helpful if another letter is sent. If you will suggest names of leaders outside the Department who may also send a letter, i will contact them. I think of Leon Eisenberg as a long-standing friend, or Milton Greenblatt. Have your secretary call me at 516—3“ 2929 so that icon do what needs to be done, before the end of June. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry . . » WW»; Ww— vu't—u'r -‘ - . -1“ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Freedman, Alfred M. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-4-086 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/4f23ba72688e5541b05a3a5380c9e570.pdf 0e9d384930539c2fa169d86e8780d482 PDF Text Text June 3, 1988 Alan Stone, M.D. Harvard Law School Langdell Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138 Dear Alan, Thank you for agreeing to support the nomination of Al Freedman for the National Mental Health Association McAlpin Award. I enclose copies of the award announcement, Al's 'short' biography, and my letter of nomination. have submitted all the requested documentation, including the curriculum vitae, photograph, etc. It would be helpful if you would write a suitable endorsing letter, which should-Fe sent to the McAlpin Award Panel in Alexandria, Virginia. I I have also asked Leon Eisenberg to send a letter of nomination. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Stone, Alan A. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-4-085 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/12728c695c20ffc5903c017cb417a890.pdf e8fdfe381e8ec68e2783cae6196ec757 PDF Text Text June 1, 1988 Leon Eisenberg, M.D. Department of Social Medicine Harvard Medical School 25 Shattuck Street Boston, MA 02115 Dear Leon, Thank you for agreeing to support the nomination of Al Freedman for the National Mental Health Association McAlpin Award. [enclose copies of the award announcement, Al‘s 'short' biography, and my letter of nomination. have submitted all the requested documentation, including the curriculum vitae, photograph, egg. it would be helpful if you would write a suitable endorsing letter, which should be sent to the McAlpin Award Panel in Alexandria, Virginia. i Note that the award includes a medal and $5,000. The least that we should be able to extract from Alfred and Marcia is a dinner at our favorite restaurant. Since last we met, I have continued supporting the proper use of ECT, by my research, editing the journal CONVULSIVE THERAPY, and training clinicians who seem, in increasing numbers, to seek direct experience with this complex treatment. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Eisenberg, Leon Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-4-084 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/66e6f94076324e526f9e6d82395dfd52.pdf ef73c8b8d1ac73a93f5f80e1c32313b3 PDF Text Text May 30, 19 88 McAipin Award Panel National Mental Health Association 1021 Prince Street Alexandria, VA 22314-2971 Dear Panelists: lam pleased to nominate Professor Alfred M. Freedman for the 19 88 McAlpin Mental Health Research Achievement Award. Few psychiatrists have done as much for the education and training of psychiatric professionals, have encouraged such useful and important academic research, and have provided leadership for the nation’s major scientific societies as has Dr. Freedman. His formal academic curriculum vitae is attached, but I would like to highlight a few aspects of his record which encourage me to make this nomination. Formally, Dr. Freedman was certified in psychiatry and psychoanalysis his after graduation from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1942. He assumed the chairmanship of the Department of Psychiatry at the New York Medical College in 1960, and created an outstanding research and teaching center. His major contributions in academic research are in the treatment of opiate dependence with narcotic antagonists and long-acting opioids; and in his studies of the effects of psychoactive substances on brain functions. joined him as a member of the faculty of the New York Medical College in 1966. At the time, opioid addiction had surfaced as a national problem. Few psychiatrists were willing to undertake the treatment of those afflicted with drug addiction, yet he established the first municipal hospital treatment unit for drug dependence. He supported two separate research programs in addiction, one based on sociological models (under Richard Brotman) and another, based on biological models of narcotic antagonism. His program developed the merits of naloxone, cyclazocine, and naltrexone as treatments for opiate dependence; and broadened the applications of methadone and ievo—acetyimethadyl as narcotic substitutes. He encouraged the collaborative study of chronic hashish users in Athens; and began studies of the central effects of cocaine, when cocaine use was a rare and i occasional dependence. addition to developing a Department and teaching programs for medical students and residents, and encouraging the research studies, he found time to edit the definitive Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, which is now used worldwide. ile also founded and edits the journal integrative Psychiatry. In �Nomination of Alfred M. Freedman, MJ). Page 2 in his residency training programs, he recognized the special needs of women physicians, and he developed the first post~graduate training program for women psychiatrists. lie established a Day-Hospital program for the severe mentally ill; and has always maintained relationships with many community hospitals for the education of their personnel. (i believe that the present program is affiliated with 14 community hospitals). in his support of the studies of is not well known in this which pharmaco-electroencephaiography, a discipline And in his willingness in 1968 to and Japan. country, but well established in Europe when the treatment was outside support studies of convulsive therapy -- at a time the main stream of psychiatric practice and research. That encouragement led his student, Richard Abrams and myself, to become international leaders and authors in ECT. The diversity of his interests is to be seen His reputation in research led to his election as President of the American College of Psychopharmacoiogy 0972), President of the American Psychopathological Association (1971). in 1973, he was elecred President of the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Freedman has an enviable record of participation and interest in international psychiatry. He invited leaders from foreign countries to visit the Department and lecture, in the Goldman lecture series that began in the early 19605. He has been an active member of international psychiatric associations and is well known as lecturer, teacher, and friend throughout the psychiatric world, not only in Western countries, but in many developing countries as well. Al has received many awards and much recognition for his leadership, humanity, and support of academic principles in research and teaching. He is a warm, friendly, and encouraging man, with friends throughout the world. His wife, Marcia is a Professor at Columbia University, and both their sons have enviable academic records. Considering the long list of outstanding recipients of the McAlpin Award, am proud to recommend your consideration to add his name to this list. i have discussed this nomination with him, and he has agreed to be considered for the award, and to attend the symposium in Los Angeies in September. His current address and telephone numbers are listed in his 9.x; Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely yours, (V‘ax Fink, 649,-). Professor of Psychiatry 1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/7b2ae70e9832d79cdc17ae0abee5f2a3.pdf f6483bd5342d22c113fc0cf29145eacb PDF Text Text Ii _......_.,..,,,_.A_ June 2“, 1988 ,_..V . w... John M. Kane, MD. Department of Psychiatry Long Island Jewish Medical Center 75-59 263 Street Glen Oaks, New York llOOQ is... V V, .,, 1 T m V'mfi'm—VV'WM-rwr‘ Dear John, w: Congratulations on your appointment as Chairman of Psychiatry at LIJH. It is a particular pleasure to know that the hospital has sought a researcher as its leader, and to join with other graduates of Hillside‘s training programs in wishing you a fruitful tenure of leadership. , It was 30 years ago that Israel Strauss, Joseph S. A. Miller, and the Medical Board of Hillside Hospital endorsed their research aims by creating a full time position of Research Director. When Don Klein and my co-workers in the Department of Experimental Psychiatry (that was the fashionable term in those days, much like Division of Neuroscience would be today) wrote a review of our activities for the Journal 9__f the Hillside Hospital in l96l, we not only looked back at our accomplishments, but sought to direct the Board's eyes forward by calling for a 200 bed clinical research center. We saw something specialin Hillside. Perhaps it was ambitious, but we were encouraged by the dramatic gains of the psychopharmacologic drug revolution, the nation was in an expansive mood (preViet-Nam, pre-Kennedy/Johnson),and we thought the cure of mental illness was in our grasp. In the interim decades, the leadership of the hospital seemed too concerned with fiscal and operational matters to fully utilize its outstanding research opportunities. Your success in building on Don's programs has given you the unique opportunity to realize even more of the potential in Hillside's patients, staff, and history. it is a fine opportunity, and the staff at Long Island Jewish Hospital and the community it serves are to be congratulated in their selection. My congatulations on your appointment; and my best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-4-080 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/0d14c004195dd5a85970878d193976fb.pdf 76f1e44c935deb59e7094d6c9ca3ebc4 PDF Text Text — -< ‘//4' 7 a; {1/9 ’(0) 4/4, -223 éBfiZ “W wv—m-wm‘nmwwwv—V-v—w‘W. . June 25, 1988 Norman Endler, PM). Department of Psychology York University 4700 Keele Street North York, Ontario M33 1P3 Canada Dear Norman, Enclosed is a draft of 3 Forward for your new book. in acknowledging Dr. Persad's contribution, iassumed it was to assure the details of the treatment, indications, and risks, and iso noted on page 3. if that is incorrect, or you wish me to include a different statement, please let me know. Let me know if there is something that you wish changed. 1 will be at my office this week, but will be away from July 3 to 12 in England. it is a pleasure to make this small contribution to the success of the book. When it is published, ask Ms. Stillman to send me an additional copy for review, and i will ask one of the members of the Editorial Board of CONVULSIVE THERAPY to review it promptly. (indeed, if she will send an unbound copy of the page proofs, and we get a review by the end of August, we may get it into the December issue.) My best regards and my best wishes for the success of this effort. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/8df1c657eb1bbe7c58ee4b9226d5559d.pdf ba278cd26da4e5a435a7eb601336e338 PDF Text Text Fun—u—r “—4.. - -v.— ~ r—w walr—wu—“rr -- _ i u-xwzvr q. ‘1nyle "mm -.-.— ,“w y m. awn-WWW",- -,-.~mn w» w V-v"“~—'-4W Michael Faumann, MD. 25824 Dundee Road Huntington Woods, Ml 48070 ”Dear Mike, Enclosed is our file copy of SCIMATE and two diskettes. The diskettes contain the BACKUP files for our file ECT 87. (Get them by RESTORE.) The second diskette also contains three copied files- TNAMEFILDAT, TEMPLATEDAT, AND FNAMEFIL. DAT. When you install SCIMATE, you will find that the template files contain the standard templates given out by 15!. Copy my three files over the Scimate templates; this will conform the templates for ECT87. Return the manual and original diskettes when you have made your copies. Good luck. If you have any questions, 516-“th 2929. My regards. Sincerely yours, ”um... w~—v— m January 2, l9 88 é‘ E , Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry ‘Vu‘mWs-s � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-3-076 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/34efb88d3c60eccf0464626c9b52175b.pdf d43c46e475a975c6f28d90c88ade387d PDF Text Text gs—v—r-w m—vm ,0... mum» m" 7- . .w- warm-wary 1.,» er—ywq...r_.;._fig.w : —— ww~~nv~w~ ,w r: ’mgvlnrm'vv— J," m-‘avc-(v' «a, ~r . V rue wan w- sump“..- - V - January 28, 1988 Mrs. Edward M. Bigler #0 Doubling Road Greenwich, CT 06380 Dear Mrs. Bigler, Thank you for your request that I participate in the Phil Donahue show. Beginning with the appearance of the New Yorker article by Berton Rouche "As Empty as Eve' in 1974, and my subsequent work with the APA Task Force on Electroconvulsive Therapy, 1 have actively assessed the merits and limitations of the ECT process. What may have been a debate in the 19703, as to the merits of the treatment, has been resolved by the many assessments by individuals and international commissions and committees, culminating in the 1985 NIH Consensus Conference. The question of ECT efficacy is resolved. Until a more effective and safer treatment for the serious mentally ill is devised and tested, ECT remains a useful and needed treatment. That is not a matter of public debate, either by the Phil Donahues or the Opreh Winfreys of the entertainment world. Indeed, the acceptance by laymen that there is a 'debate‘ on efficacy and into the hands of the anti-psychiatry lobby. There is no more reason plays safety for a debate by the laity on TV or radio of the merits of ECT than it would be reasonable for a debate on the merits of insulin in diabetes or penicillin in neurosyphilis or any other technical medical therapy. In the face of the anti-psychiatry lobby, there is a need for public education, but in proper fora. For that reason, my associates and I were responsive to the requests by Susan Squire for an opportunity to meet treated patients before she wrote the November 22, 1987 article in the New York Times Magazine; and why we have been cooperative with the PBS/BBC producers of the series MIND, to appear later this year. We continue to seek to improve the delivery of mental health services, and my present missions support this aim for ECT. I wrote my review of ECT in 1979, launched the journal CONVULSIVE THERAPY in 1985, and have developed a training program in ECT at SUNY at Stony Brook in the past year. But I will not cooperate with a 'show', surely not one of the kind produced by Phil Donahue under the guise of a 'debate‘ or a 'balanced‘ presentation. But if I can help you present the facts of EC‘I‘ history and present practice in educational venues, please call on me. I enclose articles that may be of interest, as well as a description of CONVULSIVE THERAPY. Sincerely yours, cc: Donald Klein, M.D. Max Fink, M.D. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-3-074 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/b29884ffe233056ee7d5c588441e2a66.pdf 412e2d0e8406c04b1e1853d0c2f4f05f PDF Text Text February 8, 1988 Librarian Smithtown Public Library 1 North Country Road Smithtown, New York 11787 Dear Sir: As a subscriber to the library, 1 was surprised to see the volume: "ElectroShock: Its Brain Disabling Effects" by Peter Breggin among the new books. The book was published in 1979. Peter Breggin has taken the position that the treatment is both ineffective and dangerous. His position is considered idiosyncratic. The treatment is used widely throughout the world, and is available to patients in this county at University Hospital as well as private and public psychiatric hospitals. Patients and families who may be considering the treatment are likely to look to your resources for advice and help. It is unfortunate that this volume may be considered timely, when in fact, it is out-dated. in 1985, the NIH held a Consensus Development Conference on this topic. Peter Breggin was one of many witnesses. The Consensus commission did not accept his views of the treatment and recommended its continued use. Alternatively, the library may consider making the book "Electroconvulsive Therapy" published by the American Psychiatric Association (1400 K Street, N.W., Washington D.C. 20005) equally available. That report appeared in 1978. I enclose a copy of the Consensus Conference statement. Perhaps it would be a service to your readers to append the report to Peter Breggin's book? Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Smithtown Public Library Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-3-072 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/0904b814105961b72aa910c6689fd9e1.pdf aa3189dfc0abf09184062fe5a4b0f7c1 PDF Text Text a «a: j-ryup .. "s-‘ww --7 January 28, i9 88 ‘ Mark Abramowicz, M.D. The Medical Letter New Rochelle, NY Dear Dr. Abramowicz, i am disappointed with present methods of psychoactive drug evaluation. The debacles in assessment which are cited in the article on fluoxetine are matched by the over-investment in the use of benzodiazepines as antidepressants. The present methods of contract assessment in out-patients, with inadequate monitoring of the case material or the 'blindness' of the assessors; the inflation of rating scale data to suggest that individuals can be working with Hamilton Depression Scores above 22; the very high fees paid assessor groups (up to $2500/patient); the failure to consider the likelihood that practitioners do know when the patients begin a new medication and therefore know when to inflate and deflate scores; and the lack of placebo controls all serve to make modern assessments of efficacy of antidepressant and anti-anxiety agents highly suspicious. - While I have not worked with this compound, 1 would still caution readers more strongly -- " Until effective in-patient trials of fluoxetine against placebo and active antidepressants are published in indeprendent review journals, the responsible physician will use these compounds only in patients properly cautioned that the results are tenuous and that the treatment must be seen as experimental." Thank you for sending me the Medical Letter. The reports remain invaluable. mw’W'V-l" Sincerely yours, w ' no Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry wmv-mmn-W'IWW'dW-IW "I“lwu'fl‘x-u'fwhz 'r-""WF'WIW M1?! """mel n any-M P.S. Much has changed in the treatment of severely depressed patients with electroconculsive therapy. Perhaps it is time for the readers of the The Medical Letter to read about the efficacy and safety of this treatment. J � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry Q as part of � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: O'Connell, Ralph A. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-3-070 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/e7b1323478ee2af24fe84a5a1571279b.pdf 142ae3322346580a8d5312451e503f7d PDF Text Text '7 ‘JW-mw'fl-r-ww- . --r~:~~--~~v* vra "'V"-’~-w"W-‘I-S-Wrr2'rwm"war/1W um“. «5:. - .~ww—»wurw» , t’A-‘Asw”H , "wt—-wmw»... .. 17-- nmm -.-‘w-‘vhv.- ~ .v>a‘ -vrr'a~r4;lv no ...., .7.‘.w-—'-...w February 19, 1988 Ms. Michelle Trudeau c/o Steve Potkin, MD. Department of Psychiatry UCIMC City Drive 5., Route 88 Orange, CA 92668 101 Dear Ms. Trudeau, We treat ECT patients at University Hospital on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 0800. You may wish to come the afternoon before and meet the patients and their relatives (visiting hours are from 2 to 4 p.m.). Patients are usually cooperative for interviews. We recently entertained the BBC/PBS crew for the series “MIND", and they filmed patient interviews and treatment sequenceswith patient and family consent, of course. The campus is 55 miles from mid-Manhattan, due east on Long Island. It is best to come into Long Island MacArthur (lslip) airport, if that is feasible; it is a short taxi ride to our community. If you come to JFK or LAG, Winston Limousine service (800 942 l+222) or Colonial Taxi (800 832 7878) generally give the best flat rate service to our area. It you plan to stay over, the best accommodations are at the Three Village Inn (516 751 0555) in Stony" Brook. There is one *** restaurant in our village (Mirabelle). The next issue of CONVULSIVE THERAPY is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the introduction of ECT. Among the articles is a translation of the eye-witness account of the first ECT treatments by Ferdinando Accornero, an active participant in the research studies at the University of Rome. The article was published in Italian in 1950; I have had it translated and I enclose a copy of the proof. (The account is verified by another participant in the research in Rome, Lothar Kalinowsky of New York.) I look forward to your visit to Stony Brook. My regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry . . wrwqm-wr .‘ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Trudeau, Michelle Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-3-068 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/dc1253676e7ba30b7ea6bb1478a6bdef.pdf 863a9d12ff243145b78b8b43ac437ef7 PDF Text Text February 21, 19 88 Michael A, Faumann, Ph.D., M.D. Arisoft Systems 25 824 Dundee Road Huntington Woods, MI 48070 Dear Michael, Thank you very much for sending me a copy of BOOK PRO PLUS, and for translating one of my SCIMATE files to the BOOK PRO format. I have used the system, following your suggestions. It is a useful system for citation retrieval, and easy to learn. I was able to use the search strategy and to enter new citations. In each activity, the program performed well. After some thought, i find that I cannot adopt the system .for my use; mainly because my investment in SCIMATE is so great, making it uneconomic for me to convert all my files to the new system. I am returning the material sent me, with my thanks. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-3-067 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. 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Our work has progressed slowly, and I regret that we are not in a position to present any useful information at imam you for the Sincerely yours, Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry Max � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Kornhauser, Stanley H. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-3-066 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/e4d8065cb02d2bd4dc9214a3ac2b1f1f.pdf c39820ae978f3e7fc8c2b71bdbc4903b PDF Text Text n. —-..———r«-u-— ..—— w“_ , 'w ,; ~- ~ , ,. ?” ‘1~v"‘ ,._.. .: g... .17 3. --, v. Hm”, w ran-x“ "w «m.— ”a... mm: :p—w - . 3,...” ,.. Mr“... , December 14, 1987 Ross Baldessarini, M.D. Mailman Research Center McLean Hospital il5 Mill Street Belmont, MA 02178 Dear Ross, The letter by Lieber in the American Journal of Psychiatry seems to have been a spontaneous letter, not submitted in response to an article in the Journal. It looks like an old-fashioned testimonial. For my part, it argues for a complex polypharmacy whose worth is not known but whose risks are formidable. i have written to Morry Lipton as attached; and am sending you a copy as one of the two established psychopharmacologistson the Editorial Board. Should the Journal not publish a disclaimer noting that the recommended methodology is not substantiated either by published studies or established practice? in the past few years, i have been asked by lawyers to review the records of patients treated by polypharmacy;patients who have had significant damage (including two cases of death) which could be ascribed to such practice. One well established practitioner gave up his practice when faced with charges of abuse of practice largely due to polypharmacy. Should we not respond to the Lieber letter? My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry ..,,,».~.—....V ,, 1“. ,H". cw mm . . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Baldessarini, Ross Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-3-065 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/477a9a0dcbe1305bffd96983ae331d78.pdf 1115b70d1ac9d7c056e422b500b60545 PDF Text Text December 14, 1987 Herbert Y. Meltzer, MD. Department of Psychiatry Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 2040 Abington Road Cleveland, Ohio #14122 Dear Herb, The letter by Lieber in the American Journal of Psychiatry seems to have been a spontaneous letter, not submitted in response to an article in the Journal. It looks like an old-fashioned testimonial. For my part, it argues for a complex polypharmacy whose worth is not known but whose risks are formidable. have written to Morry Lipton as attached; and am sending you a copy as one of the two established psychopharmacologistson the Editorial Board. Should the Journal not publish a disclaimer noting that the recommended methodology is .‘LOE substantiated either by published studies or established practice? I In the past few years, I have been asked by lawyers to review the records of patients treated by polypharmacy; patients who have had significant damage (including two cases of death) which could be ascribed to such practice. One well established practitioner gave up his practice when faced with charges of abuse of practice largely due to polypharmacy. Should We not respond to the Lieber letter? This is another small annoyance, like the arguments of Johnstone and Crow, which we heard in San Juan. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Meltzer, Herbert A. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-3-064 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/70efd8bb19131471f3bf50608e789a0f.pdf 69ef4bc4f1e3538253b2e9c2984b6999 PDF Text Text »- 7,. .7- .w— i A .w 7', .m—mr. . . , ..i . .mm..~.-;u.w,...m.... , ._ A-mwyv,ww\'¥ .. ,.. «rm-uw-‘w .. - --.~---—»r ur- *W'avn —.-.————-_~.—_...w»- "wrwa-r v -v-’-—vp- . . "an-h” mmv - fflm/MM December 1’4, 1987 Morris A. Lipton, M. D. Deputy Editor, American Journal 93 Psychiatry 1400 K Street, N. W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Dear Morry, It was a pleasure to talk with you in San Juan. On my return, I read the letter by Lieber on the "Treatment of Rapid Cycling Bipolar Patients"in the latest issue of the 5.13. The letter recommends complex polypharmacy as a treatment of therapy resistant depression. But the letter gives no data as to patient characteristics, history, in-patient or out-patient status, assessment of efficacy of treatments, trials with established treatments, Egg. The letter seems to be a throwback to the old—fashioned testimonial which modern psychopharmacology eschews. letter is published in the Journal, it suggests that the practice has review standards of the Journal and the Association. Do spontaneous met peer in response to an article'in the Journal, meet the peersubmitted letters, not review standards of Journal articles? Was this letter reviewed by any of the acknowledged psychopharmacologistsof the Board of Editors? If yes, is there a message in the letter that our attitude to polypharmacy should change? As the if no, would you consider soliciting letters to argue against the adoption of the Lieber recommendations until they have met established standards of study for efficacy and safety? a fact of practice, as we often read in the which records come our way, polypharmacy is not generally condoned malpractice by our experience or by our science. is the publication of this letter not a regrettable mis-step? While polypharmacy is My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-3-063 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/2c6abdb5cd94b78d85f5e6b535c7e17d.pdf d3b2c478b4616199e2541d23fcc9fa48 PDF Text Text mq:"u 5"“ "‘.1m‘-I‘qm§<vvm Wr-Vx-I"'IV' -—- "vault—'7- _- m'RF—"r-Fy' arm-N. . 1." m’,‘ vmv . raunwmw—q-v yer February "M. 8, w-rm‘ \w‘n-«m’fl ., “Juan-vvgg-‘r'v- - xrrfl‘I-a.‘ quwv- 1988 John C. Nemiah, M.D. Editor, American Journal of Psychiatry 1400 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Dear John, Thank you for your and Morrie‘s replies on the Arnold Lieber letter. i am satisfied that suitable review requirements have been met and that the difference in opinion is just that.. While lam not likely to advocate or use the treatments described, I also am not in a position to present data on the risks or benefits of such a complex regimen. It would not raise the level of discourse to state that such treatment remain unproven, so i shall not send a response. I am grateful that you and Morrie have taken the time to answer my query. Thank you and my best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry . mum van-”m. ~ _ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Nemiah, John C. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-3-059 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/f78fec770f3b33c9a5435b28dc28ca13.pdf 2dca918fe11ed0e902d0e348478abf1d PDF Text Text March 26, 19 88 Professor Paul J. Poppers, M.D. Department of Anesthesiology at Stony Brook Long Island, New York 1.1794 SUNY Dear Paul, I am pleased to submit this letter in support of the promotion of Dr. FARROKH R. MENEKSHA from the rank of Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology to Clinical Associate Professor. 1 have worked often with him in the ECT treatment unit. I first met him during his residency training, and since then he has frequently been the attending anesthesiologist for our treatments. It may be useful at this point to indicate that our ECT facility is a tertiary care center, with many high-risk patients sent to us from other treatment facilities for this complex treatment. He is a dedicated and responsible clinician, well trained with a sincere interest in our patients. He shows good clinical judgement, relates well to patients, and is well liked by the psychiatric staff. Regardless of the medical and anesthesia complexity of the case, he has been deliberate, careful, and reasoned in our collaboration. He has a knowledge of a wide range of interventions, and l have yet to see him upset by a case. He is well versed in the anesthesia literature and discusses the treatment with assurance. His knowledge of anesthesiology appears excellent, and he likes to teach. He is comfortable teaching both anesthesia and psychiatric residents and students. Farrokh has been interested in our research studies, and he has been most cooperative regardless of the delays which our tests and requests imposed on the clinical process. Finally, Farrokh is friendly, relaxed, interested, and enthusiastic about our work. Given encouragement, I believe he will expand his research accomplishments. He is a valuable member of the clinical staff, and lam delighted to recommend his promotion to associate professorial rank. This letter may be shared with him. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Poppers, Paul J. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-3-056 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/bca19714a6a14aee300dd86833e914c8.pdf 037025a9660d188fc791e2da98b4b8c6 PDF Text Text August 3, 1987 Jovan Simeon, M.D. 27 Davidson Drive Ottawa, Ontario K13 6L7 Canada Dear Jovan, Thank you for the reprints and for the advance notice of the article by Barry Martin. There seems to be some continuing activity in Canada in ECT, both clinically and in research, and it is good to read of these things as they appear. Gabe Carlson has taken a firm hand of the child psychiatry service, opening the in-patient unit, and in encouraging the residents to work with her. Two of them are taking a fourth year child psychiatry elective and they enquired as to the feasibility of following the course of. methylphenidate therapy in ADD children with QEEG measures. lam pleased to cooperate with them, but asked that they do a literature review first. Considering the long standing interest in this topic, 1 was surprised by the dearth of reports. Yours are of some help. We will proceed, in any case. i will send the Annals back by separate mail. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Simeon, Jovan Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-2-055 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/6b3b52db7e1aff1d8bd739376d5840b2.pdf 127f8446a9370fe897576a16ac347d17 PDF Text Text i v , m August 20, 1987 Dr. Allan Scott Department of Psychiatry Royal Edinburgh Hospital Morningside Park Edinburgh EH10 5HF United Kingdom Dear Dr. Scott, "'Ivn "tum-WI ‘T'V‘WVLWFNTW""W"’VW_"F!""=V" (Following your call, we made reservations for you and your wife at the Three Village inn in Stony Brook, N.Y. for late arrival on Saturday, September 19, and departure on Tuesday, September 22. The room is a double, with one bed. The charge is $75 to $95/night, depending on the location. (Inn: 516-751 0555). Kennedy Airport is about 55 miles from Stony Brook. The principal connection is by airport limousine. If you let us know your flight number and arrival time, we can arrange for either Winston Limousine (516-589-3938)or Colonial Taxi (516-589 7878 or 800-645 7878) to pick you up. if we arrange a limousine, you will call the appropriate number on arrival and they will tell you where to find the car. The rate is about $35. Do not take a regular taxi —- the meter rate is excessive. if you are in trouble, call us from the airport (516- $2 6651). V1"'WI""'~“"N"WVW ~ - mw-cw-fl-wv'w—v ‘ We plan to be at home (about 7 miles from the Inn) that week-end, as I am 'on call' at University Hospital. You will be welcome to join us Sunday afternoon or evening, according to your jet-lag. i will plan to pick you up at the inn on Monday morning at 0715; I will be treating patients with ECT at 0800 that morning, and making patient rounds later in the morning. You are welcome to join in. After rounds, approximately noon, 1 will be free to work with you. Stony Brook, and the associated villages of Setauket and Old Field, are quaint Old English villages, with a strong association with Long island Sound. There are museums and old houses in the villages. A neighboring village is Port Jefferson, which is a major port. A trip East along the North Fork will bring you to the wineries and farms. A trip to the south will bring you to the Hamptons and Montauk -- the ‘in' communities for the yuppies, the rich, and the famous around here. Or, directly south is Fire Island and Jones Beach -- among the finest beaches in the world. Bring bathing suits and boating shoes. Have a good trip West. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry �. . m...“ _.- February 9, 1987 <w..-,,.W——w« —., W—wrv vv'Vll‘F'r'mr'v-W» Dr. Allan Scott. Department of Psychiatry Royal Edinburgh Hospital Morningside Park Edinburgh EHlO 5H1” United Kingdom Dear Dr. Scott, at Stony Brook later this year. end the first Monday in September. A visit anytime Summer holidays traditionally after mid-September should be convenient. We will be pleased to have you visit us I University Hospital is about 60 miles from mid-Manhattan. it is usually more convenient to stay at one of our local inns; the Three Village inn (Main Street, Stony Brook, New York 11790) is most favored. Our present interest is in two projects -- the efficacy of ECT in therapy resistant psychosis with an associated study of prolactin metabolism; and the el-ectrophysioiogy o1 induced seizures. For the latter, we are re-examining the relationship between the seizure EEG’and the efficacy of seizures; and between the inter-seizure EEG and clinical outcome. We have completed a study of DST and outcome in ECT, with disappointing results. ‘ .Your studies of ECT are indeed of interest to us, and i look forward to reading the results of your studies. As you may know, i launched the journal CONVULSIVE THERAPY in 1985. We are in our third year and i am quite pleased with the quality of the material which we are receiving. You may wish to consider the journal for the publication of reports from your studies. Oswald. We look forward to welcoming you in New York. My best regards I Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. . Professor of Psychiatry to [an � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Scott, Allan Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-2-052 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/0ace34a5a90da4d2b7bc9eb3c92c9873.pdf b1b0a8631ff92416ea5536ceb3d7dc93 PDF Text Text ww~vww .qu.x.v~—w———r_,._: P—"vmd‘: -w;,r-l.mw~ u rnwwm . — -.. .7..-x~—.—»—,-mw»m a...“ September 1a, 1987 ’ Prof. Anthony Clare Department of Psychological Medicine St. Bartholomew‘s Hospital Medical College West Smithfield, London E. C. 1 England , Dear Tony, Following your letter of August 28, we will expect you to give a lecture at. the University on November 10 on the topic "Depressive Disorder in Primary Care". We have made arrangements for you to stay at the Three Village Inn in Stony Brook on the night of November 9. When you are in the States, would you call my secretary, Mrs. Carolyn Paul (516 MM 2929) and she will clue you in to getting to Stony Brook and the lm from local airports. it would be best to fly into the Long Island Macarthur (lslip) airport rather than LaGuardia, Kennedy, or Newark airports. you come before dinner on Monday evening, i will arrange to have some associates meet you and your wife for dinner. it! We look forward to your visit. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MJ). Professor of Psychiatry cc: G. Carlson . . . . .. "var—V �July 31, 1937 Prof. Anthony Clare Department of Psychological Medicine St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College West Smithfield, London E. C. 1 England Dear Tony, Thank you for your advice in the matter of the Wesner and Winokur article. Another assessor is equally unenthusiastic and we will probably return it to the authors with your advice when I get the advice of a third. It was good to hear that you would be visiting New York this Fall. Our Department has weekly 'Grand Rounds' for invited speakers on Tuesday mornings. The dates you made available, October 30 and November 10 includes two Tuesdaysthe first is Election Day and an annual State holiday; the second date, November 10 is provisionally open for you. The presentations are in a main auditorium, with about 40-50 members of the staff present. Duration is usually one hour with discussion up to U6 hours. This is usually followed by an informal lunch with the psychiatric residents. Some clinicians also make informal rounds, either before or after the presentation, on one of the psychiatric services, either seeing a number of cases in walk-rounds or a single case presentation. I would be pleased to be your host. We can arrange for your stay at the University, and we usually provide an honorarium of $250. Let me know if these arrangements are agreeable, and select a topic of your present interest. While the main thrust of the Department is clearly in neuroscience, there is a nascent interest in the more psychosocial aspects of clinical practice as well. I look forward to your visit. Sincerely yours, cc: G. Carlson / Max Fink, M.D. Editor � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Clare, Anthony Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-2-051 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/b56bfa23411ed3eae67a991fda14fc9f.pdf 2d4bd9c48de00b689886ece7652ae499 PDF Text Text September 15, 1987 Nathan Epstein, M.D. Chairman, Department of Psychiatry Brown University c/o Butler Hospital 3&5 Blackstone Boulevard Providence, RJ. 02906 Dear Dr. Epstein, Ref: DAVID KROESSLER, M.D. It is a pleasure to submit this letter of reference on behalf of Dr. David Kroessler who is being considered for an initial appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at Brown University. met David when he was in his residency training program" at University Hospital at Stony Brook in 1984-1986. Early in his program, i was his supervisor during his PGY-Z year on the impatient service at University Hospital. David showed a keen interest in his patients, and stood out as one who was willing to read original articles when these were considered during our rounds. An interest in the treatment of delusional depression led to his study of the literature and the writing of an excellent review article, which was published in the first year of publication of CONVULSIVE THERAPY. 1 in his senior year, he was chief resident and carried out his assignments well. He became interested in an academic career and applied for a position with Barry Fogel in your Department. David and Barry have developed a series of innovative research protocols, which they have discussed with me. David is a warm, enthusiastic, dependable, andinter’ested young physician. He is well liked by his peers, by the staff, and the patients. He seeks and academic career and iam pleased to endorse his quest and recommend his appointment to your Department. My regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Epstein, Nathan B. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-2-049 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/cb375ccbe39035463f3efc95bff3e247.pdf e7900cc78798dc9752bcca54fdd50586 PDF Text Text Viv—W‘w‘w-v October i9, <7..- 19 87 Tn. ma. 'Wuw " ' vw-rrr". va "-Im“w' ww'mwu-w- -.- "K‘Fv'vv-g—W- Stanley H. Kornhauser, Ph.D. National Institute of Eiectromedical Information, Inc. P.O. Box #633 Bay Terrace, New York 11360-4633 Dear Dr. Kornhauser, Thank you for the invitation to join in membership of the National Institute of Electromedicai» Information, Inc. I regret that Iam unable to join another organization, as my time for participation in new ventures is severely limited. My best wishes on the continued success of your organization. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Kornhauser, Stanley H. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-2-047 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/3a6ba1dce041de62fde9fdd6f62f323f.pdf 7849232882fbf1b8c7710453b02d2df4 PDF Text Text .. v , W. .--_~...~.,_..;.:‘_y.. ~1D~WHYW‘$~—.'wnr',r- "kn—r- : w;m.w.v 1 :uv n »v..-r—-_- -m... "vw—r m". rumm— -.——.'—‘.~,..-u ~‘»x.vu.l‘-—(‘r .»..~_.r October '19, 1937 Ms. Christa Brandt 587 Echo Valley Road Salinas, CA 93907 Dear Ms. Brandt, ._ Your request for information regarding the psychiatric phenomenon of multiple personalities was sent to me for reply. This organization tocusses its research interests on biological treatments in psychiatry, and we have little experience with the problem of multiple personalities. Our recollection is that the classic study "Three Faces of Eve" was written by fellow biological psychiatrists Corbett Thigpen and Hervey Cleckley of Georgia. The book was published in 1957 by McGraw Hill and should be in your library. I commend it to you. Good luck in your studies. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry .-_ _,—-mwp~ws � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Brandt, Christa Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-2-045 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/f21abdb63f79911f963a7348d11d2b5b.pdf ceef8dec988d090e40d2728ea4a6b702 PDF Text Text October 26, 1987 Ms. Karen Tkach Excerpta Medica PO Box 1126 1000 BC Amsterdam The Netherlands Dear Ms. Tkach, am chagrined to have received your kind letter regarding the article requested by Professor Hamilton for Psychiatry i_n the §_Q_'_§. I When Professor Hamilton was a guest in my home in early September, we spoke of many things, including my concerns with psychiatric classification systems as well as my interest in coanisive therapy. We discussed a guest article on convulsive therapy, and I offered to write one whenever he asked. When he called a few weeks ago, it was to ask for an article on DSM-HI and the classification dilemma. I said that I would lookinto it, ”and do what i could. After a week, i wrote to say that I was not prepared to write such an article in the time limit he suggested. I recommended that he'consider an invitation to one of my students, Professor Michael Alan Taylor of the UHS/Chicago Medical School. Professor Taylor, and his associate Professor Richard Abrams, have published systematic studies of psychiatric diagnostic systems. He has carried out surveys of actual usage of the system, and has first-hand information on its limitations. He is well qualified for the task set by Professor Hamilton. Professor Taylor can be reached at 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064 (312-578 3330), should Professor Hamilton wish to invite his participation. Should you wish a commentary on aspects of the ECT process, I will be pleased to write one for Psychiatry in the .3895. Again, my thanks for your kind , invitation. , Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Tkach, Karen Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-2-043 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/2076aee098176858ef8693da272e4e78.pdf ff20c082dfe03ea7c0d8efa194b5eeb8 PDF Text Text December 13, 1987 Herbert Pardes, M.D. Department of Psychiatry Columbia University College of Physicians 722 West 168 Street New York City 10032 dt Surgeons Dear Herb, Iam pleased to write this letter in support of the promotion of Dr. Sukdeb Mukherjee to the rank of Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (Annual) in your Department. I have known of his work since his EEG studies with Dr. Turan Itil at the New York Medical College during his residency training. Lately, I have become better acquainted with the reports of his studies of electroconvulsive therapy with Drs. Sidney Malitz and Harold Sackeim, and his collaboration with members of our faculty in neuropsychiatric studies. Dr. Mukherjee is experienced in psychiatry and neurology, and has developed special skills in electrophysiology. His major contributions are in the description of the effects of psychoactive treatments, both drugs and EC’I‘, on brain function and behavior. In developing these skills, he is clearly in the new mainstream of 'neuropsychiatry' in clinical psychiatry. He has a very extensive publication record which reflects a lengthy research interest. His work is generally shared with many others and he is well liked. However, it is difficult to discern the area of individual expertise which may become his main research interest; a development which may be needed for him to establish professorial independence. am unable to comment on his skills as a treating psychiatrist, nor as a teacher, as I have not had the opportunity to assess these aspects of his work. He has established a firm foundation for his research, and when he identifies an area of individual expertise, I anticipate that he will extend his important contributions. 1 ‘ His record is robust and quite sufficient to support his promotion to the recommended rank. His academic career will continue to be productive, and I recommend his promotion with confidence. ' Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Pardes, Herbert Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-2-041 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/b863048e48e648a006e6f4c036da5e1f.pdf 7be0893754922d2f6b9939d24a60c159 PDF Text Text December 21, 1987 Jay Amsterdam, M.D. Depression Research Unit Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 36th 6: Spruce Streets Philadelphia, PA 19104—4283 Dear Jay, When you called on Friday, you' seemed surprised that many Europeans knew of your plans to develop a conference on the treatment of therapy-resistant depression. Reading the latest Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists should clarity the mystery “.- one of your co~workers or consultants has let the cat out of the bag. My regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Amsterdam, Jay Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-2-039 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/78952d2de24f8de93cee02ae7e5dd09d.pdf 0d56bd0fe62a7995601eef754188b554 PDF Text Text m»»-m. w, “flag"...- w—r, . 7’.» m7..- awn—e" "aw—.7. 7~ru¢mmnmflwra "are". ._‘..w.._..._ , . December 22, 1987 Francis A. Gagliardi, M.D. 177-30 Wexford Terrace Jamaica, New York 11'132 Dear Frank, A enclosed. formal summary of our experience with Mr. DOMINICK CHINDAMO is At the time of his discharge from the hospital, we were not assured that the relief that ECT had afforded him would persist, and encouraged him to continue on tricyclic antidepressant medication. His daughter called me a few weeks after his discharge, relating that he had some recurrence of symptoms. I encouraged continuation of medication, but failing that, offered to see him again for further ECT at University Hospital if his physicians thought it would be useful. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Gagliardi, Francis A. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-2-038 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/89a3f3738d8f38814425c1f8d1f4a066.pdf 9016b979477e8149f0d5fc788da202e8 PDF Text Text Of College Physicians C? Surgeons of Columbia University DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY Donald F. Klein, M.D. ‘ New York, N. Y. 10032 722 West 168th Street (212) 960-2307 Professor of Psychiatry December 22, 1987 Mrs. Edward M. Bigler Doubling Road Greenwich, CT @6830 40 Dear Mrs. Bigler: Delighted to hear that Tom is doing so well. With regard to the panel on the Phil Donahue Show, I would be pleased to join it. However, I must point out that I am not really a national expert on ECT but rather on medication. My old boss, Max Fink, M.D., who is Professor of Psychiatry at State University of New at Stony Brook, is an international authority on ECT and I think he would be an excellent person for your panel. York extremely well spoken. has recently told me that he has seen a number of patients somewhat like your son who have an atypical schizophrenia where had worked in the face of substantial drug resistance. He Cordially, ”,7 /I/ /7 ‘1’ 0K/wxfx Donald F. Klein, dcd bcc: Max "' Fink .3 M.D. ECT � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-2-037 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/dad5b5ea0b3f79e1e61a4366f430f5ef.pdf 8afe260b87204ce66990514c6ef0b9b5 PDF Text Text December 26, 19 87 Frederick H. Kasten, Ph.D. Department of Anatomy Louisiana State University Medical Center 1100 Florida Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70119 Dear Dr. Kasten, i recall Leo Alexander well; he was an active, outspoken, and critical member of the audience at many of the meetings of the Society of Biological Psychiatry and Electroshock Research Association that iattended. i did not know him personally, and i can recall no direct interaction with him. He wrote the textbook TREATMENT OF MENTAL DISORDER which was published in 1953 by $1.8. Saunders, Phildelphia. In it, he has extensive sections on convulsive therapy, as well as the psychotherapies. Reading the index today, one gets the impression that he was trying to resolve the dilemma of the success. and risks of the somatic therapies with the elegance and greater acceptance (especially in Boston) of the psychodynamic model. He does notsucceed in balancing these antithetic attitudes well. Leo Alexander was a practitioner seeking to make the best of an impossible of test allegiance. His textbook is idiosyncratic and limited; it contrasts rather poorly with other texts published at the same time (see Kalinowsky and Hoch or Sargant and Slater). The APA Task Force report on Electroconvulsive Therapy is report #14, published in 1978. It should be available in your library, or from the APA in Washington, D.C. l was a member of the panel, and contributed to, but did not write the report. _- i met Reuben Reiter back in the 19505 when I was interested in ECT devices. 1 used one of his devices for a while but thought his instruments were poorly designed. They are no longer in active use. i was told a few years ago that he had died, but have no further information. i trust these comments are helpful. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, Md). Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-2-036 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/3164d87d1e3236e4932a97d5c795703b.pdf 150c2b2a83b1ab2ef71e101548a55ba5 PDF Text Text May 20, 1987 Samuel Barondes, MD. Department of Psychiatry University of California, San Francisco 401 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, CA ~ ‘ 9“” Dear Dr. Barondes, At your request, I am writing this letter regarding the promotion of Dr. Edward Merrin to the rank of Associate Professor. I do not know Dr. Merrin, and“ was not acquainted with his writings before reviewing the publications sent to me. I am impressed with the quality and sophistication of Dr. Merrin's research studies using quantitative. EEG methods. His choice of problem (laterality in schizophrenia) is timely and important; the methods used (power spectral analysis, unlinked reference leads, medication controls) are reasonable; and the quality of the reports excellent. The latter are clearly written, and Dr. Merrin uses good statistical and data processing procedures. These studies are important and they reflect an interest that should continue to be productive in the forseeable future. It is difficult to assess the importance of these studies in the field, since there is much activity and little that has been conclusive. These studies of laterality are well done and must be considered in any further studies of the problem. And, as a young investigator, I believe that these reports are of high quality, comparing most favorably with other reports in the field. For example, he has not made the glaring errors of Duffy, E. Roy John, and Morihsa, who failed to control for handedness, drug use, and electrode montage in their conclusions (which have since had to be retracted.) Dr. Merrin’s clinical reports are also well written and useful. I am unable to assess the studies of saccadic eye movements, since I am not conversant with the theory of these studies. _ i have examined his list of Departmental, V.A., and University teaching responsibilities, and these seem consistent with his rank. I am, of course, unable to assess their quality. To the extent of this review, I am impressed with Dr. Merrin's reports and output, and would have no difficulty in endorsing a recommendation for his promotion to the rank of Associate Professor at this University. I am comfortable in making the same recommendation for the University of California, and recommend Dr. Merrin's promotionwithout reservation. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry ' ‘ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Barondes, Samuel Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-1-035 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/8032af93f2aea745303eae7bacbb0e5c.pdf 9a031cf5a2faee1c82dda00c95f8a5d3 PDF Text Text l E l i ‘ l May 23,. 19 87 Mr. John S. Purvis Division of Neuropharmacological Drug Products Food 6: Drug Administration Rockville, MD 20 857 Dear Mr. Purvis, E E S The studies of ORG 3770 (6-azamianserin) under IND ”.915 were completed. The results were published in 1982 (Psychopharmacology 78:44-48). We were the only investigators under this IND. We no longer have supplies of 6-mmianserin. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Purvis, John S. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-1-033 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/c6e304285f33acfe06bfd3841973b14f.pdf 794178b37b23090db46a4d01f891dd43 PDF Text Text May 23, 1987 Alfred M. Freedman, M.D. IPMS Department of Psychiatry New York Medical College Valhalla, New York 10595 Dear Al, am unclear about the mission of the new International Association for the integration of Psychiatry and the Medical Sciences (IPMS), I am pleased to work with you on this project. While 1 In the latest number of CONVULSIVE THERAPY, I have written an editorial about the increasing interest by neurologists in behavior and of psychiatrists in brain function, with the re-emergence of neuropsychiatry (under the code-name of Behavioral Neurology). Indeed, it was only yesterday that 1 proposed the development of such a journal to Alan Edelson at Raven Press and recommended that he consider inviting Michael Taylor to develop such a project. ‘ Perhaps we are responding to similar awarenesses, with a slightly different emphasis. in any case, I look forward to hearing more about the forthcoming meeting in New York of IPMA. ‘ My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-1-032 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/8b8f64e16600ca599c46d3da7ab473bc.pdf 1677d0101e92dcab08314ba98c5ebfb8 PDF Text Text Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Health Sciences Center State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, New York 1794—8101 telephone: (516) 444-2990 1 StonyBrook May S. Reddy Pasem, M.D. 1301 River Oaks Drive Colonial Heights, VA 26, 1987 23834 Dear Dr. Pasem: Thank you for your inquiry. I will not be available to course until October. I think your needs can well be served by the program at Duke University. Duke University has just announced its programs in ECT. I enclose an announcement and suggest that you contact Dr. Coffey directly. If that does not work out please get in touch with me after the summer. supervise a Sincerely yours, Max Encl. C. M.D. Professor of Psychiatry MF:cjp cc: W Fink, Edward Coffey, M.D. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Pasem, S. Reddy Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-1-029 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/ec5b455c53e00b277f80440e535c1c65.pdf 03f5c7f0375dc2b72a766ff7ed3a0b8a PDF Text Text May 28, 1987 Dr. H. Babikian Department of Psychiatry New York Medical College Westchester Medical Center Valhalla, New York 10595 Dear Hrair, For a course in convulsive therapy for the residents, we propose three sessions, each of take hours. . 1. Seminar: History; Indications; Clinical Issues in treatment; Risks and Side-effects; Maintenance therapies. Videotape: Information for Professionals. 2. Technical issues in Treatment: Electrode Placement; currents; anesthesia; high risk cases, instruments; seizure duration monitoring. Consent. information for patients and relatives. 7 Videotape #2— Information for Patients and Families 3., Review. Clinical Case Seminar: Question Period; Case presentations by the residents from your wards; and The first and third sessions will be by myself; for the second, my associate, Dr. Greenberg will talk about the technical issues; and our nurse, Mrs. Irene Carasiti, who teaches patients and families about ECT, answers their questions, and obtains consent, will discuss these aspects of the treatment. We will provide reprints from the literature as well as a reading list for the latter well in advance of the course so that the materials reproduction; your can be made available for the students. if this sequence is helpful, we can set aside the time and discuss the honoraria involved. ' My regards. ' Sincerely yours, Max seamen. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Babikian, Hrair M Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-1-028 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/47d5e7c503b7c74b76e49e88d7a222d8.pdf 8b07ed1262321cfee995f6d7782b83d1 PDF Text Text ‘.,,_... Ww-y.w~.m June 3, I9 87 Conrad Swartz, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Psychiatry UHS/‘i'he Chicago Medical School 3333 Green Bay Road North Chicago, ll. 6006!; Dear Connie, Thank you for sending me the videotape of your unusual interview on the demasculinizing and cardiac effects of chronic alcohol use. To the long list of other reasons which I have dutifully expressed to the students about the hazards of alcohol use, lcan now add these data. The argument that alcohol use contributes to myocardial infarction is another compelling one for the anti-alcohol lobby. Two decades ago, similar questions about demasculinizing effects were raised about cannabis use, mainly by Gabriel Nahas. l have often wondered whether these reports have merit. Is there any data on cannabis use and myocardial infarction? A question to Costas Stefanis at the University of Athens may encourage a parallel study in chronic cannabis users. am so glad that I am not an alcohol user, and when your findings, she was also pleased. I I told Martha about ' Keep up the good work. My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Swartz, Conrad Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-1-027 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/790aef8ff7d1e56ae1f299dfc4193b01.pdf fd4c4d4a62a6763dcebd2a709d08e0c1 PDF Text Text May 23, 19 87 'Mr. Henry Feiwel 850 Park Avenue New York City 10021 Dear Henry and Maria, At the recent APA meetings in Chicago, I was introduced to a psychiatrist from Lima, Peru. Recalling that Dr. Honario Delgado, a previous Professor, had displayed the art of his patients, I enquired what may have happened to the collection. 1 was told that it is maintained as a permanent museum under the direction of: - Dr. Grover Mori Victor Larco Herrera Hospital Pabellon #2 Lima 27 - Magdalena Peru. It was not clear whether they had a catalog, but part of the collection had been exhibited in Paris some years ago. It may be of interest to enquire as to the state of the collection, so written to Dr. Mori. I have am delighted that you will be on the Island this summer. We are completing the refurbishing of our pool-side apartment, and it should be ready for visitors in a few weeks -- as soon as we can get the air-conditioning installed. I My best regards. Sincerely yours, Max - � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Feiwel, Henry Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-1-025 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/c9a947af86103818cb3dfafffb1e303f.pdf 4504f8b629cd99de9cadb16e69ef93c7 PDF Text Text June 30, 1987 Greta Koinig, M.D. Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien Psychiatrische Universitfitsklinik wahringer Gartel 18-20 1090 WIEN AUSTRIA Dear Greta, Because flights to Kennedy Airport are so irregular, it is not feasible to meet arriving passengers. When you have cleared customs, find the telephones for suburban limousine services, and pick up the telephone which is labelled "Long Island Limousine Service” or "Winston Limousine Service (Long Island)". Tell the operator that you wish to go to Stony Brook (Railroad Station). When you know what time you will be arriving at Stony Brook, let me know and we will pick you up at the station. (Or call from the station; we will be about 15 minutes away.) Or, call me before making limousine arrangements and 1 will explain again. at work (516 MW 2929) or at home in the late i can be reached most days afternoons (516 862 6651). We will make arrangements for your stay. My regards to Gerhard. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry �April 25, 1937 Greta Kolnig, M.D. Allgemoines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wlen Psychiatrlsche Universltlltsklinik wantinger Gurtel 18-20 1090 WHEN AUSTRIA Dear Greta, We should be in New York dorlng much of July. While I will not be ‘on service', I will be able to have you meet my associatos and work with us on July 13. I will arrange some accommodations. When your plans are finalized, let me know. I can be reached most days at work (516 #44 2929) or at home in the late afternoons (516 862 6651). My regards to Gerhard. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Koinig, Greta Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-1-022 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/bcfbc4bd42c658ab71b9277b961ff063.pdf baf3e09791ebd7ea9366102b383e3b87 PDF Text Text . ~,W.',-W-n‘wa.._ ,___,._..._ _ s ,... we. WA. July 15, 1987 Professor Fritz Henn, Ph.D., MD. Department of Psychiatry 6: Behavioral Science SUNY at Stony Brook Long Island, New York 11794 Dear Fritz, lam pleased to submit this letter in support of the promotion of Dr. Krishnareddy Gujavarty from the rank of Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry to Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry. I have worked closely with Dr. Gujavarty for more than four years, as a collaborator on research projects, as a team-mate in both the in-patient unit at lO-North and the Affective Disorders Clinic in the CPD, and as a fellow teacher and member of the Department. I have come to know his professional work very well. He is a dedicated and responsible clinician, well trained (in our own resdiency training program, I might add), with a sincere interest in our patients. He shows good clinical judgement, relates well to patients and their families, and is very well liked by our co-workers. He reads the literature avidly, and often presents the latest clinical findings in our case conferences. He has accepted additional assignments within the Department, including the medical management of the cases in the Sleep Disorders Program when it was headed by Drs. Mitler and Baker, scientists without clinical certification. His knowledge of clinical psychiatry is excellent, and he likes to teach. In addition to the supervision of residents, for many years he has taught psychopharmacology to each rotation of third year clerks. Each year, he has accepted the repsonsibility for presentations in our Grand Rounds program. He has accepted numerous departmental administrative assignments with enthusiasm; the latest is his appointment as acting clinical director for the inpatient unit at University Hospital -- a position which he is carrying out with elan. In his research work, he has made independent observations and reports in sleep physiology and convulsive therapy. At present, he is principal investigator in drug therapy studies. �His greatest strengths are in clinical care and the teaching of medical students and residents. in his research, he has been slow to identify an area of expertise, although his recent sleep studies show considerable promise of achieving wider recognition. lam delighted to recommend his promotion to associate protessorial rank. He is a dedicated, reliable, and loyal member of our staff and we have come to depend on him for his clinical and teaching skills. This letter may be shared with Krish. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, MD. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Henn, Fritz Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-031-1-021 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. 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