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Dr Aaron Beck: Cognitive behavioural therapy pioneer dies aged 100
Dr Aaron Beck's work is considered revolutionary worldwide for the treatment of mental health.
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Dr Aaron Beck, an American psychiatrist considered the father of cognitive behavioural therapy, has died aged 100.
CBT, which was originally developed to manage depression, aims to help change the way people think to improve how they feel and alter their behaviour.
Dr Beck's work is considered hugely influential. He published hundreds of articles and 25 books in his career.
A statement from his daughter said he had "transformed the field of mental health" with his life's work.
Dr Beck died peacefully at home on Monday morning, according to a statement from the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy that he and his daughter co-founded.
Aaron Beck was born in July 1921 in Providence, Rhode Island to parents who were Russian Jewish immigrants. He studied at Brown University and later graduated with a medical degree from Yale.
After his initial training, Dr Beck began to question the basis of typical Freudian psychoanalysis which focused on uncovering conflicts buried within people's pasts.
Instead of focusing on a person's unconscious, he sought to counter negative thoughts within his patients.