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| Dr. Aaron T. Beck | |
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| Born | July 18 1921 Providence, Rhode Island |
| Residence | United States  |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Psychiatrist |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania, Center for the Treatment and Prevention of Suicide |
| Alma mater | Brown University, Yale Medical School |
| Known for | his research on psychotherapy, psychopathology, suicide, and psychometrics |
| Notable awards | 2006 Lasker Award |
Aaron Temkin Beck (born July 18, 1921) is an American psychiatrist and a professor emeritus at the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. Beck is known as the father of Cognitive Therapy and inventor of the widely used Beck Scales, including the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Hopelessness Scale, Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSS), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Beck Youth Inventories."Beck Scales for Adults and Children" Beck Institute for Cognitive Threapy and Research. Retrieved on 2007-1-11 He is the President of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research and the Honorary President of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, which certifies qualified Cognitive Therapists.
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Aaron Beck was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the youngest child of his three siblings. Beck’s parents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. His birth followed the death of a sister to an influenza epidemic. After the daughter’s death, Beck’s mother became severely depressed; this depression was lifted when Beck was born. Beck claimed this is where his need for control rooted itself. Beck had feelings of stupidity and incompetence after a near fatal illness caused from an infection from a broken arm. However, Beck taught himself how to work through his fears and problems cognitively; this is what sparked the development of his theory and therapies in later years.[citations needed]
Beck is married to Phyllis Whitman, and has four children, Roy, Judy, Dan, and Alice, and eight grandchildren. His daughter, Dr. Judith Beck, has helped him with his research.
Beck attended Brown University, graduating magna cum laude in 1942. At Brown he was elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, was an associate editor of the Brown Daily Herald, and received the Francis Wayland Scholarship, William Gaston Prize for Excellence in Oratory, and Philo Sherman Bennett Essay Award. Beck attended Yale Medical School, graduating with an M.D. in 1946.
Beck is the director of the Center for the Treatment and Prevention of Suicide.[citation needed]
Beck believes that depression is due to negative views. He believes that these negative views are towards the self, world, and future in particular. These negative views are "idiosyncratic." Depressed people say things like "I can\'t do my job" or "Nobody cares about me." These negative views would in turn trigger depression in a person.
Beck is noted for his research on psychotherapy, psychopathology, suicide, and psychometrics, which led to his creation of Cognitive Therapy, for which he received the 2006 Lasker award, and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), one of the most widely used instruments for measuring depression severity. Beck is also known for his creation of the Beck Hopelessness Scale and the Beck Anxiety Inventory, and has founded the Beck Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in which his daughter, Dr. Judith Beck, works. Beck believed that depression is due to unrealistic negative views about the world. Depressed people have a negative cognition in three areas that are placed into the depressive triad. They develop negative views about: themselves, the world, and their future. Beck starts treatment by engaging in conversation with clients about their negative thoughts.[citation needed]
Beck received a Lasker Clinical Research Award in 2006.Lasker Foundation Beck wint Lasker Foundation Award
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Beck, Aaron T. Beck |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dr. Beck, Dr. A. T. Beck, Doc. |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American Psychiatrist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Providence, Rhode Island |
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