John Cade
Male, Deceased Person
1912 – 1980
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Who was John Cade?
Dr John Frederick Joseph Cade AO was an Australian psychiatrist credited with discovering the effects of lithium carbonate as a mood stabilizer in the treatment of bipolar disorder. In an age where the standard treatments for psychosis were electroconvulsive therapy and lobotomy, lithium had the distinction of being the first effective medication available to treat a mental illness.
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- Born
- Jan 18, 1912
Murtoa - Spouses
- Education
- University of Melbourne
- Died
- Nov 16, 1980
Fitzroy
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on July 23, 2013
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