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The serendipitous story of lithium. Douwe Draaisma praises a gripping history of psychiatry’s most consistently effective medicine. Some. 70 years ago, John Cade, an Australian psychiatrist,...
26 sie 2019 · The intertwined story of Cade and his momentous finding is told in Lithium, a compelling book by US psychiatrist Walter Brown. Bipolar disorder, labelled manic-depressive illness until 1980 ...
24 kwi 2023 · Some of the lithium we rely on in the rechargeable batteries in our smartphones, laptops and electric vehicles was created during the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago. The lithium cycle on Earth starts with lithium-bearing magma rising to the Earth’s crust during periods of volcanic activity, where.
24 kwi 2021 · In the 1940s, Australian doctor John Cade discovered lithium to be a highly effective treatment for what was then called manic depression.
26 wrz 2019 · Before looking ahead, we reflect on the history of lithium. In 1843, the aptly named Alexander Ure suggested lithium carbonate might treat urinary calculi, but it was Alfred Garrod who first described its use, in 1859, for gout and related brain maladies. 3 By 1894, the Lange brothers were reporting on the use of lithium salts in periodical ...
26 lis 2016 · The use of lithium was eventually approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1970–1972, and it is now considered to be the gold standard for maintenance therapy and, in particular, the prevention of depression and mania in bipolar disorder.
Cade and Andrews traced the effect to the lithium ion itself, and after Cade ingested lithium himself to ensure its safety in humans, he proposed lithium salts as tranquilizers. He soon succeeded in controlling mania in chronically hospitalized patients with them.
