History of the introduction of lithium into medicine and psychiatry : birth of modern psychopharmacology 1949 / Johan Schioldann ; preface by German E. Berrios.

  • Schioldann Nielsen, Johan.
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[2009], ©2009
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"This book examines Melbourne psychiatrist John Cade's 'leap of faith' in implementing lithium therapy, and concludes that Cade may have been drawing on the research of Danish psychiatrists who wrote about lithium and its effects as early as the 1800s."--Provided by publisher.

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Upper Sturt, S. Aust. : Adelaide Academic Press [in collaboration with Brascoe Pub.], [2009], ©2009.

Physical description

xxv, 363 pages : illustrations, portraits

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 9780980547702
  • 0980547709