Max Fink
January 16, 1923 - June 15, 2025
General Information
Bio
Max Fink (1923-2025) Psychiatrist, neurologist, author. Max Fink was born in Vienna, Austria, and died in Westfield, Massachusetts.
Full Name
Maximilian Fink
Locations
Bronx•New York•Queens•Suffolk
Author's Timeline
1923
Birth
Maximilian Fink was born in Vienna, Austria, on January 16, 1923.
1942
Other Life Event
Bronx County: Mr. Fink received a bachelor’s degree in biology from New York University’s University Heights campus in the Bronx, New York, in 1942.
1945
Other Life Event
New York County: Mr. Fink received his medical degree at the New York University College of Medicine (now the Grossman School of Medicine) in 1945.
1952
Other Life Event
Queens County: Mr. Fink was a neurology and psychiatry resident at Hillside Hospital (now Zucker Hillside Hospital, a part of Northwell), in Queens, New York, in 1952.
1972-1997
Other Life Event
Suffolk County: Mr. Fink was a professor of psychiatry and neurology at Stony Brook University from 1972 to 1997.
1979
Literary Work
Convulsive Therapy: Theory and Practice
Raven Press
0890042217 / 978-0890042212
Nonfiction.
Raven Press
0890042217 / 978-0890042212
Nonfiction.
1999
Literary Work
Electroshock: Restoring the Mind
Oxford University Press
0195119568 / 978-0195119565
Nonfiction.
Oxford University Press
0195119568 / 978-0195119565
Nonfiction.
2006
Literary Work
Catatonia: A Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment
Cambridge University Press
0521032369 / 978-0521032360
Nonfiction written with Michael Alan Taylor.
Cambridge University Press
0521032369 / 978-0521032360
Nonfiction written with Michael Alan Taylor.
2004
Literary Work
Ethics in Electroconvulsive Therapy
Routledge
041594659X / 978-0415946599
Nonfiction written with Jan-Otto Ottosson.
Routledge
041594659X / 978-0415946599
Nonfiction written with Jan-Otto Ottosson.
2006
Literary Work
Melancholia: The Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, and Treatment of Depressive Illness
Cambridge University Press
0521841518 / 978-0521841511
Nonfiction written with Michael Alan Taylor.
Cambridge University Press
0521841518 / 978-0521841511
Nonfiction written with Michael Alan Taylor.
2010
Literary Work
Endocrine Psychiatry: Solving the Riddle of Melancholia
Oxford University Press
0199737460 / 978-0199737468
Nonfiction written with Edward Shorter.
Oxford University Press
0199737460 / 978-0199737468
Nonfiction written with Edward Shorter.
2018
Literary Work
The Madness of Fear: A History of Catatonia
Oxford University Press
0190881194 / 978-0190881191
Nonfiction written with Edward Shorter.
Oxford University Press
0190881194 / 978-0190881191
Nonfiction written with Edward Shorter.
2025
Death
Max Fink died at a senior living community in Westfield, Massachusetts, on June 15, 2025.
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