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| Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
| ISBN 13 | 9781760113704 |
| ISBN 10 | 1760113700 |
| Author | Greg de Moore |
| Book Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Book Description | In 1948, there was no medication for bipolar illness. Sufferers from the illness would live their lives - if they survived - in and out of asylums accumulating life's wreckage around them. But late in 1948 that changed, when an Australian doctor, John Cade, discovered a treatment that has become the gold standard for bipolar illness - lithium.John Cade changed the course of medicine with his discovery of lithium; yet today most doctors have never heard of his name. His discovery has stopped more people from committing suicide than a thousand helplines, yet few counsellors know of him. And it has saved hundreds of billions of dollars in healthcare costs - enough to rival a nation's economy - but you can bet that no politician has the slightest idea of who John Cade was.Lithium is the penicillin story of mental health; the first effective medication discovered for the treatment of a mental illness; and it is, without doubt, Australia's greatest mental health story. |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 24 August 2016 |
| Number of Pages | 304 pages |
Finding Sanity: John Cade, Lithium and the Taming of Bipolar
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