http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/3f3505c9582508cceedf6986de7887ba.pdf 709f9f9c47bb91ddb642eb9bdf29e167 PDF Text Text January 6, 19615 Dr. J. A. Harris Department of Psychological Medicine Newcastle-upon-Iyne General Hospital England Dear Dr. Harris: It was with great pleasure that I received your letter of January 2, regarding positions at the Institute. To give you an idea of the extent to which we have invested our energies in EEG analysis, I am enclosing a copy of a report which was presented at a national meeting three months ago. Since that time, we have added programs for power spectmn, plotting analyses to give us a graphic representation, and solved a number of the technical problems of EEG recording described in your letter. As you joined the job. my know, Dr. Harry Netmamr, who was formerly March and has done staff of this Institute last at Newcastle, a commndable Some general facts about the Institute are as follows. The Missouri Institute of Psychiatry is the research and training center of the Division of Mental Diseases of Missouri. It was established in October, 1962, with laboratory and clinical facilities for research. At the present time, of 150 beds, we are utilizing 70 for research purposes. Laboratories are established in pharmacology, psychology, and electmencephalog'aphy, as well as a computer center for both statistical and EG analyses. There is a specialized psychiatric research library as a component wt of the In- stitute. Animal facilities are now being built. is a fully qualified threewyear psychiatric residency the training program at Institute, and a special training program in clinical being established. Both in the research programs and in the psycholog is Institute is affiliated with the Departnent of Psychithe training program, School of Medicine. of Washington University atry In addition, there �Dr. J. A. At Harris page the present time, there are a January 6, 1960 2 nmnber of research program in progress. These include Lithium as a therapy for .mia; the use of Yohimbine as a precipitant of anxiety and the development of anti-anxiety agents; relation of EEG patterns and organic factors in the treatment of therapy resistant psychotics; computer analysis of the electmmoephalog‘am; the effects of and the treatment of drug withdrawal m behavior in the chronically ill; psychotics by nurse relatimship therapy. Acoonmdations are available for rental or for sale within ten minutes of the Institute. It is our custom to provide temporary acoonmodations at the institution for scientists appointed from overseas. , Appointments are made at salary levels connenswate with experience with a minimum sheen being $12,000 per annum. In addition to research experience, satisfactory cospletion of the DPM is weighed heavily in the determination of salary. Satisfactory counpletion of the ECIMG examination with either a temporary or pemanent certificate is prerequisite to appointment. am enclosing a 1962 description of the Institute. I would appreciate of a copy your mimlmn vita listing ctmonologically your educational and professional experience. In addition, a small photograph and the names of at least two referees to whom we may write would be most helpful. I Sincerely yours, Max Fink, Director MF:aw anc- P. 8. My best regards to Dr. Roth. 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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