02895cam a2200397 4500 525746120 TxAuBib 20211106120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781684572892 1684572894 e8e65784-907d-432d-9af3-2175f0f7f0ed OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4851510 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Brown, Walter A. Lithium [Libby] : A Doctor, a Drug, and a Breakthrough. HighBridge, 2019. psychiatric. Discoveries. History. Medical. drugs. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 205MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 205MB. Medical. Psychiatry. Psychology. Nonfiction. From insulin comas and lobotomy to incarceration to exile, Walter Brown chronicles the troubling history of the diagnosis and (often ineffective) treatment of bipolar disorder through the centuries, before the publication of a groundbreaking research paper in 1949. Cade's "Lithium Salts in the Treatment of Psychotic Excitement" described, for the first time, lithium's astonishing efficacy at both treating and preventing the recurrence of manic-depressive episodes, and would eventually transform the lives of patients, pharmaceutical researchers, and practicing physicians worldwide. And yet, as Brown shows, it would be decades before lithium would overcome widespread stigmatization as a dangerous substance, and the resistance from the pharmaceutical industry, which had little incentive to promote a naturally occurring drug that could not be patented. Brown also provides a vivid portrait of the story's unlikely hero, John Cade, a devoted naturalist who, unlike many modern medical researchers, did not benefit from prestigious research training or big funding sources. In this revelatory biography of a drug and the man who fought for its discovery, Brown crafts a captivating picture of modern medical history-revealing just how close we came to passing over this extraordinary cure. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Compton, Shawn. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1294-1/4851510-Lithium.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e8e65784-907d-432d-9af3-2175f0f7f0ed&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1294-1/4851510-Lithium.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e8e65784-907d-432d-9af3-2175f0f7f0ed&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)