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/. 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: 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