Aaron T. Beck

Aaron Temkin Beck (born July 18, 1921) is an American psychiatrist. Beck is a professor emeritus at the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and also serves as the director of the Center for the Treatment and Prevention of Suicide. He is noted for his research on psychotherapy, psychopathology, suicide, and psychometrics, which led to his creation of cognitive therapy and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), one of the most widely used instruments for measuring depression severity.

Beck was born on July 18, 1921, in Providence, Rhode Island. He 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 recieved 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.

Books

 * Diagnosis and Management of Depression
 * Prediction of Suicide
 * Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders
 * Cognitive Therapy of Depression
 * Anxiety Disorders and Phobias
 * Love Is Never Enough
 * Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders
 * Cognitive Therapy of Substance Abuse
 * Cognitive Therapy With Inpatients: Developing a Cognitive Milieu
 * The Integrative Power of Cognitive Therapy
 * Cognitive Therapy in Clinical Practice
 * Scientific Foundations of Cognitive Theory and Therapy of Depression
 * Prisoners of Hate: The Cognitive Basis of Anger, Hostility, and Violence ISBN 0060932007