Beck, Aaron Temkin - Research Article from Psychologists and Their Theories for Students

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 60 pages of information about Beck, Aaron Temkin.

Beck, Aaron Temkin - Research Article from Psychologists and Their Theories for Students

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 60 pages of information about Beck, Aaron Temkin.
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1921-

AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIST, RESEARCHER YALE MEDICAL SCHOOL, MD, 1946

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Aaron Beck is one of the founders of cognitive therapy, a form of talk therapy that incorporates an information-processing model of human psychology rather than one based on instinct, motivation, or biochemistry. As of the early twenty-first century, cognitive therapy has become the reigning model of short-term psychotherapy in the United Kingdom as well as the United States, supplanting both psychoanalytical and behavioral approaches to the study and treatment of mental disorders. Beck has enjoyed widespread success and professional recognition. He was the only person, as of 2004, to have received research awards from both the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association. His honors include the Sarnat Award from the Institute of Medicine (2003), the Heinz Award for the Human Condition from the Heinz Foundation (2001), and honorary doctorates from Brown University and Assumption College...

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