Regarding Max Fink, HS writes:

Max Fink is from that rapidly dementing generation of psychiatrists who see every patient complaint and difficulty as evidence of further pathology.Sort of like saying that patients who develop diabetes on Zyprexa just need to control their sweet tooth (or have " Elevated Glucose Craving" to make it sound medical). Never mind that we are pounding brains with electrical waves or dosing them with chemicals with clear toxicities.

Keep in mind that during Fink's training years psychoanalysts ruled the specialty and romantic involvement with patients who had "completed" therapy was not frowned upon and you get the idea. The doctor is always right.

Steve C. also points out that Fink authored another recent article, "Electroconvulsive Therapy: Evidence and Challenges" -- this one for the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

[JAMA always has beautiful cover art, like the image pictured here, from a recent issue. It's Jean-Baptiste François Desoria's Portrait of Constance Pipelet (Later Constance de Salm-Dyck)]