American psychiatrist who developed cognitive therapy — the most empirically validated psychotherapy — as a treatment for depression and subsequently for anxiety, personality disorders, and psychosis.
Cognitive therapy: depression is maintained by automatic negative thoughts and cognitive distortions (overgeneralization, catastrophizing, black-and-white thinking). Cognitive restructuring: identifying and challenging distorted thoughts. The Beck Depression Inventory: a standard clinical assessment tool. The foundation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
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