The Beck team attended and presented at the ISPS-US 2018 conference. Here we describe some of the highlights from the conference — one highlight in particular features an in-person discussion with Dr. Beck.
Supplemental Materials for our Published Paper (2018)
Psychological Medicine published our article, “What accounts for poor functioning in people with schizophrenia: a re-evaluation of the contributions of neurocognitive v. attitudinal and motivational factors.” A description of the development and validation of the Penn and the matrix battery did not make it to the paper, but we detailed here for your review.
Drs. Beck and Grant give keynote address at NASMHPD
Drs. Beck and Grant presented on recovery-oriented cognitive therapy at the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) Annual Meeting on Sunday, July 30th, in Washington DC. Dr. Beck appeared via a pre-recorded video. View video here…
Dr. Aaron T. Beck Accepts his Lifetime Achievement Award from NAMI
Dr. Beck was awarded the lifetime achievement award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) at the National Conference in Washington, DC in June of 2017. View his pre-recorded acceptance speech here…
Dr. Aaron T. Beck Speaks at Georgia State University
Dr. Beck made a special video appearance at the Georgia Beck Initiative panel discussion. The event was put together to create an opportunity to discuss the current efforts in Georgia to build the capacity of community providers in addressing the needs of individuals with severe and persistent mental illness using Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy. View video here…
Dr. Aaron T. Beck speaks at 22nd Annual Rosalynn Carter Forum
Dr. Beck makes a special video appearance discussing the treatment of schizophrenia at the 22nd Annual Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum. View a video of Dr. Beck here…
Our article was published in psychological Medicine
Our article, “From neurocognition to community participation in serious mental illness: the intermediary role of dysfunctional attitudes and motivation,” was published by psychological medicine. Read our summary of the article and get access to the full text.
Drs. Grant and Inverso Attended NAMI’s annual convention in Denver, CO.
Senior staff attended the NAMI’s National Convention. There they met Congressman Patrick Kennedy and gave a keynote address.
See video of Drs. Beck and Evans talk about their partnership
In a significant move for the city of Philadelphia, Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS), Community Behavior Health (CBH) and Dr. Aaron T. Beck have collaborated to disseminate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy throughout Philadelphia’s behavioral health system since 2007. In the video, Dr. Arthur Evans (former Commissioner of DBHIDS) and Dr. Aaron Beck highlight their work together.