http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/0994c1e74b9f2b112711c8148dd11775.pdf e6534a61122d734544848eecb20c162f PDF Text Text - mvvr-wvu _.,....., vn- '—‘l—I.—"' -mw - .—w—.A - Vurz'H-I December 23, 1984 Ross Baldessarini, M.D. Mailman Laboratories McLean Hospital 115 Mill Street Belmont, Massachusetts 02178 Dear Ross, Thank you very much for your prompt reply to my request for more information about your DST reviews. The reports are very useful, and I will send you a copy of my review for Peter Loosen when it is done in January. When Yannis Papakostas worked at Stony Brook and reported that failure of the DST to normalize was associated with a poor clinical outcome, 1 was diffident, but encouraged him to publish his finding. Since then, the number of reports has increased, and while the diagnostic usefulness of the DST remains in question, i am more than ever impressed that the continued presence of abnormal cortisol measures is a poor prognostic sign -- one that we ignore rarely, often increasing our treatment, or at the least, increasing our vigilance of the patient's course. Your reports support this impression. Your summaries combine the data for antidepressant drugs and ECT. The efficacy of ECT and drug therapies differ, often markedly, with ECT usually superior to that of drug therapies. It may be a fruitful exercise to extract the ECT data from the other antidepressant therapies, to assess the relationships between DST findings and the ECT process. As you may know, i have accepted the responsibility to edit a new journal, CONVULSIVE THERAPY, to be published by Raven Press, with the first issue to appear in March. Should you undertake such a study, I would be pleased to have an opportunity to consider it for this new journal. My best wishes for a happy and productive 1985. 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: Baldessarini, Ross Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-030-5-106 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983 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