Biographical entry Cade, John Frederick Joseph (1912 - 1980)

Summary

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 Vincent's 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.

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1934 - 1938

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne

1935

Career position - Resident Medical Officer at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne

1936

Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Children's Hospital in Parkville, Victoria

1936 - 1950

Career position - Officer at the Victorian Mental Hygiene Department / Medical Officer at Mont Park Mental Hospital

1940 - 1945

Career position - Major in the 2/9 th Field Ambulance of the Australian Imperial Forces

c. 1942 - c. 1945

Life event - Prisoner of War in Changi Prison, Singapore

1949

Career position - Lithium salts in the treatment of psychotic excitement published in Medical Journal of Australia

1950 - 1952

Career position - Psychiatry Superintendent of the (Mont Park) Bundoora Repatriation Mental Hospital

1952 -

Career position - Lecturer in mental diseases at the University of Melbourne

1952 - 1977

Career position - Medical Superintendent at the Royal Park Mental Hospital

c. 1954

Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) completed at the University of Melbourne?

1963 -

Award - Foundation Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP)

1963 - 1980

Career position - Chairman of the RANZCP, Victorian branch

1969 - 1970

Career position - President of RANZCP

1970 -

Award - Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association

1974

Award - Kittay Scientific Foundation Award received (co-recipient)

1980

Award - John Cade (Memorial) Lecture established by the University of Melbourne

1982

Career position - John Cade Award established by the RANZCP, Victorian branch

1983

Award - John Cade Memorial Prize established by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne

Published resources

Books

• Murray, James, Lifework: Heroes of Australian Health, Focus Publishing for [Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Ltd], Edgecliff, NSW, 1997, 160 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Ironside, Wallace, 'Cade, John Frederick Joseph (1912-1989), Medical Scientist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 13, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1993, pp. 330-331. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130374b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Cade, J F J', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1309405. Details