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Aaron Beck
Psychiatry · Psychiatry
Philadelphia, United States
147 H-Index
23,609 Citations
2,143 Total Impact
GLLasker Award (2006)0
Overview
Aaron Beck is a psychiatry specialist at University of Pennsylvania. Based in Philadelphia.
For Patients
- Pioneered the Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a technique still used by doctors worldwide
- Research was cited 24K+ times by other doctors and scientists, indicating significant influence on medical research
- Based at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, United States
Biography
Aaron Beck was an American psychiatrist who is considered the father of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). His evidence-based approach to treating depression and anxiety has become the most widely practiced form of psychotherapy worldwide.
Affiliations & Institutions
Research Impact
10 Publications
23,609 Total Citations
10K+ Citation Milestone
Publication Timeline
Published In
Physics Letters BJournal of InstrumentationUvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam)The European Physical Journal CPhysical Review Letters
Key Publications
Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
The ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
The ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
The ATLAS Simulation Infrastructure
Combined Measurement of the Higgs Boson Mass in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:math>Collisions at<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msqrt><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>7</mml:mn></mml:math>and 8 TeV with the ATLAS and CMS Experiments
Areas of Expertise
Pioneering Techniques
Medical Specialties
Clinical Knowledge & Procedures
Legacy Timeline
The life and contributions of Aaron Beck
1964
Developed cognitive therapy
Created a structured therapy approach based on correcting distorted thinking patterns
1979
Published Cognitive Therapy of Depression
The landmark textbook that established CBT as a major therapeutic approach