
Maximillian Fink, MD, a pioneering psychiatrist and advocate for ECT, leaves a lasting legacy in neuropsychiatry and education.
Dr Capote is medical director of the Division of Neuropsychiatry at Dent Neurologic Institute in Amherst, New York, and medical director of addiction services at BryLin Hospital in Buffalo, New York. He is also the Neuropsychiatry Section Editor for Psychiatric Times.
Maximillian Fink, MD, a pioneering psychiatrist and advocate for ECT, leaves a lasting legacy in neuropsychiatry and education.
A farewell to Max Fink, MD, who passed this June. He was a pioneer in the field of electroconvulsive therapy.
Review various aspects of cognition in our latest Special Report.
"To be sure, we are still in the nascent stages of developing treatments. However, our armamentarium is steadily growing."
ECT has undoubtedly been foundational in the field of interventional psychiatry, yet controversy remains an underlying theme.
In psychiatry, 2 patients with the same condition are never the same.
When the patient has significant comorbid psychiatric problems, high risk of suicide, and Huntington disease, the role of clinician spills over into patient advocate in a complex medical system.
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