Description
Discover the groundbreaking history of mental health treatment in our compelling book, "Finding Sanity: The Lithium Story". This powerful narrative captures the dramatic journey of Dr. John Cade, an Australian innovator who single-handedly transformed the lives of millions suffering from manic depression and bipolar disorder. With detailed insights into Cade's experimental approach, this book illustrates how his discovery of lithium became the gold standard in mental health treatment, bringing hope and healing where there was once despair.
As you delve into the 336 pages, you'll uncover how lithium not only prevented countless suicides but also laid the foundation for modern psychiatric care. This essential read is perfect for anyone interested in mental health, the history of medicine, or personal stories of resilience and innovation.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781760113704
Year: 2016
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Pages: 336
Order now and embrace the knowledge that has shaped mental health as we know it today. Fast shipping options are available, ensuring you receive your copy promptly to embark on this enlightening journey of hope and discovery.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781760113704
Year: 2016
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Pages: 336
Description:
For most of human history, mental illness has been largely untreatable. Sufferers lived their lives - if they survived - in and out of asylums, accumulating life's wreckage around them.
In 1948, all that changed when an Australian doctor and recently returned prisoner of war, working alone in a disused kitchen, set about an experimental treatment for one of the scourges of mankind - manic depression, or bipolar disorder. That doctor was John Cade and in that small kitchen he stirred up a miracle.
John Cade discovered a treatment that has become the gold standard for bipolar disorder - lithium. It has stopped more people from committing suicide than a thousand help lines.
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.
As you delve into the 336 pages, you'll uncover how lithium not only prevented countless suicides but also laid the foundation for modern psychiatric care. This essential read is perfect for anyone interested in mental health, the history of medicine, or personal stories of resilience and innovation.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781760113704
Year: 2016
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Pages: 336
Order now and embrace the knowledge that has shaped mental health as we know it today. Fast shipping options are available, ensuring you receive your copy promptly to embark on this enlightening journey of hope and discovery.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781760113704
Year: 2016
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Pages: 336
Description:
For most of human history, mental illness has been largely untreatable. Sufferers lived their lives - if they survived - in and out of asylums, accumulating life's wreckage around them.
In 1948, all that changed when an Australian doctor and recently returned prisoner of war, working alone in a disused kitchen, set about an experimental treatment for one of the scourges of mankind - manic depression, or bipolar disorder. That doctor was John Cade and in that small kitchen he stirred up a miracle.
John Cade discovered a treatment that has become the gold standard for bipolar disorder - lithium. It has stopped more people from committing suicide than a thousand help lines.
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.