China News Service, November 2-According to "Central News Agency", American psychiatrist Aaron T.
According to a statement issued by Baker's daughter Judith Beck, Baker passed away at his home in Philadelphia
Agence France-Presse reported that Baker’s cognitive therapy is contrary to psychoanalysis initiated by psychologist Sigmund Freud; Freud emphasizes the role of the subconscious mind and encourages patients to deepen their own memory, while Baker’s cognitive therapy is Focus on the present
When Baker was a psychiatrist in his early years, he noticed that patients often expressed negative thoughts of "I am not capable of doing this and that".
Cognitive therapy instructs patients to change the way they view specific situations and finds out these "automated thinking" to overcome them, and then asks patients to test these modified ideas in their daily lives
Cognitive therapy is now the most commonly used therapy around the world and is used to treat depression, anxiety, eating disorders, personality disorders and other mental problems
Baker was born in Providence, the capital of Rhode Island, in July 1921
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