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As of 2021, she also serves at the Transcultural Mental Health Institute, which she founded so she could work with clients across cultures. [6] In 2019, Comas-Díaz became the first person of color to win the American Psychological Association Gold Medal Award for life achievement in the practice of psychology. [1] [9]
Burns's father was a Lutheran minister. [3]Burns received his B.A. from Amherst College in 1964 and his M.D. from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 1970. He completed his residency training in psychiatry in 1974 at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and was certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in 1976.
Although Patricia was not the firstborn she carried a lot of responsibilities as her eldest sister had a mental illness, at the time referred to as emotional issues. As an adult her sister was eventually diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. [5] Growing up Patricia was taught to take pride in her work and to have the desire to change the world.
Aaron Temkin Beck (July 18, 1921 – November 1, 2021) was an American psychiatrist who was a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. [1] [2] He is regarded as the father of cognitive therapy [1] [2] [3] and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). [4]
Her latest book, Robert Lowell: Setting the River on Fire was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Biography in 2018. Her book Manic-Depressive Illness , first published in 1990 and co-authored with psychiatrist Frederick K. Goodwin is considered a classic textbook on bipolar disorder.
She has been described as a "national spokesperson for the mental health consumer/survivor movement in the United States." [1] Deegan is known as an advocate of the mental health recovery movement (a cofounder of the National Empowerment Center) [2] and is an international speaker and trainer in the field of mental health. [a]
Marsha M. Linehan (born May 5, 1943) is an American psychologist and author. She is the creator of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a type of psychotherapy that combines cognitive restructuring with acceptance, mindfulness, and shaping.
A clinician and researcher in children's mental health and the neurosciences, from 1993 to 2001 he was the Thomas S. Trammell Research Professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and chief of psychiatry at Texas Children's Hospital. He is also the author of several books.