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Cade, John Frederick Joseph (1912 - 1980)

FRANZCP
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Psychiatrist
Born: 18 January 1912  Horsham, Victoria, Australia.  Died: 1980  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
John Frederick J. (Jack) Cade was Dean of the University of Melbourne’s clinical school and was appointed professorial associate of the University in 1975. He is recognized as revolutionizing the treatment of manic depression ( bipolar disorder) by introducing the use of lithium. After graduating with a medical degree from the University of Melbourne, Cade worked first at St Vincents Hospital and then at The Royal Children’s Hospital. In 1936 he joined the Mont Park (Bundoora Repatriation) Mental Hospital which is where he made his lithium discovery. In 1952 Cade was appointed Medical Superintendent at the Royal Park Mental Hospital and Lecturer in mental diseases at the University of Melbourne. In 1963 he became a Foundation Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) and was later elected a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He has received many other honours throughout his career including the establishment of the John Cade Award offered by Victorian branch of the RANZCP.
Career Highlights
Alternative Names: Cade, Jack

Chronology
1934 - 1938Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne
1935Resident Medical Officer at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne
1936Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Children's Hospital in Parkville, Victoria
1936 - 1950Officer at the Victorian Mental Hygiene Department / Medical Officer at Mont Park Mental Hospital
1940 - 1945Major in the 2/9 th Field Ambulance of the Australian Imperial Forces
c. 1942 - c. 1945Prisoner of War in Changi Prison, Singapore
1949Lithium salts in the treatment of psychotic excitement published in Medical Journal of Australia
1950 - 1952Psychiatry Superintendent of the (Mont Park) Bundoora Repatriation Mental Hospital
1952 - Lecturer in mental diseases at the University of Melbourne
1952 - 1977Medical Superintendent at the Royal Park Mental Hospital
c. 1954Doctor of Medicine (MD) completed at the University of Melbourne?
1963 - Foundation Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP)
1963 - 1980Chairman of the RANZCP, Victorian branch
1969 - 1970President of RANZCP
1970 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association
1974Kittay Scientific Foundation Award received (co-recipient)
1980John Cade (Memorial) Lecture established by the University of Melbourne
1982John Cade Award established by the RANZCP, Victorian branch
1983John Cade Memorial Prize established by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne

 
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