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Episode · Huberman Lab · 2026-07-16

Books mentioned on Essentials: The Science & Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explain the biology, symptoms and types of bipolar disorder (sometimes called bipolar depression), a condition characterized by extreme, maladaptive shifts in energy, mood and perception.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. Lithium Salts in the Treatment of Psychotic Excitement

    John Frederick Joseph Cade · at 13:13

    Discussed
    “And as all good physician scientists do, he wrote up his results. And he wrote it up in a paper entitled lithium salts in the treatment of psychotic excitement. Okay, back then they didn't call it mania, they called it psychotic excitement. This is a paper that was published September 3rd, 1949 in the Medical Journal of Australia, a classic”
    Andrew Huberman Essentials: The Science & Treatment of Bipolar Disorder 2026-07-16 Listen at 13:13
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