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    Biographical

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    Aaron Beck
    Presented by Shruti Satish
    AARON BECK
    PSYCHIATRIST, FATHER OF
    COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY

    He was the youngest of five children, born on July 18, 1921, in Rhode Island. He
    graduated from Brown University in 1942 and in 1946, he graduated from Yale
    Medical School in psychiatry. His mother's struggle with depression played a
    role in his interest in treating depression.
    BOOKS BY AARON BECK:
    The Diagnosis and Management of Depression (1967)
    Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders (1975)
    Prisoners of Hate: The Cognitive Basis of Anger, Hostility, and Violence
    (1999)
    CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE
    FIELD OF PSYCHOLOGY
    COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR BECK DEPRESSION BECK INSTITUTE FOR
    THERAPY INVENTORY COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR
    CBT is a type of talking therapy that
    THERAPY
    First published in 1961, it was
    identifies and reframes a person's designed to measure the severity In 1994, Dr Aaron Beck and his
    dysfunctional thinking and encourages daughter, Dr Judith Beck, co-
    of depression, as well as to serve
    affirming behaviours. CBT helps to
    as a tool for screening for founded the Beck Institute for
    educate depressed people about their
    depression. The original BDI CBT. He found that while CBT
    habitual thought patterns and helps
    consisted of 21 items, each of proved to be an effective
    them develop alternative thought
    patterns, as well as strategies for which corresponded to a treatment, very few psychologists
    eliminating unhealthy, automatic symptom of depression. were properly trained in the
    thoughts. practice.
    The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) is a self-report questionnaire used to
    measure the severity of depression and includes 21 items, each of which
    corresponds to a symptom of depression. It was first published in 1961 and the BECK
    BDI-II is currently being used.
    The items are grouped into four categories: DEPRESSION
    Somatic/physical symptoms
    INVENTORY
    Affective/emotional symptoms
    Cognitive symptoms
    Vegetative symptoms (refers to changes in sleep patterns, and appetite)

    The BDI is not a diagnostic test, but it can help health care providers make a
    diagnosis. For the BDI-II, a score of 10 to 18 indicates mild depression, and 30 or
    above indicates severe depression. It can also be used to monitor the course of
    treatment. A decrease in scores over time indicates that the person's symptoms
    are improving.

    The BDI is often used in conjunction with the Hopelessness Scale, also
    developed by Beck in 1988 which consists of twenty statements measures
    feelings about the future and is sometimes used to evaluate suicide risk.
    REFERENCES
    https://www.studysmarter.co.uk/explanations/psychology/fam
    ous-psychologists/aaron-beck/
    https://www.verywellmind.com/aaron-beck-biography-2795492
    https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-beck-depression-
    inventory-5294126
    https://www.goodtherapy.org/famous-psychologists/aaron-
    beck.html

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