http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/7fabfb69d5f165ff40d55bb498d605bf.pdf acf6ea97d024a6a43ba24754d99b494d PDF Text Text W X: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKVAT STONY BROOK Health Sciences Center - School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Psychopharmacology -— ‘ EEG Laboratory Stony Brook, N. Y. 11794 Phone: 516-444-2447 ' . December 2, 1976‘ Jon F. Heiser, M.D. Asst. Adjunct Professor and Asst. Chief, Adult Inpatient University of California & Emergency Psychiatric Service Medical Center 101 City Drive South Orange, California 92668 Dear Jon: While I am sanguine about my ability to identify projects and issues which are currently of national significance, I am sorry if I suggested that I could predict the behavior of national funding committees. Such committees are now made up of representatives of the laity and minority groups and no longer need be the best in our society, nor the most rational. Hence, my hesitation in even suggesting that I (or any— one) could predict their behavior, which often is formed by such issues as geography, color, "old—boy syndrome", etc. If you ask whether there are target issues of high which should be fundable, try the following. 1) patient to How can one (a) (b) (c ) predict the responsive priority from non—responsive antidepressants lithium EST (How to predict the end point of EST) to drug therapy? To treated differently than men by psychiatrists? Are the distinctions justified by biology? If yes, by what biological differences? EST? Are women 2) Do women 3) What What respond differently than is the efficacy men and safety of MAOI? In what conditions is their relative merit against other treatments? are these useful? there any truth in the legendary statements of toxicity of MAOI? . (5 Is any clues to a genotypic diagnosis (clafhfication) system? For example, under what conditions does the sedative'threshold pre0 dict course and therapeutic result? h) Are there �Dr. Jon F. Heiser December 2, 1976 Page 2 critical, general issues that could sustain without project getting involved with technical issues of chemistry or electrophysiology. a research These are some ' Good luck. ~Sincerely yours,‘ Max MF:fg 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: Heiser, Jon F. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-028-4-172 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976 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