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Cognitive behavioural therapy
Aaron Beck's work on depression in the 1960s led to a short, structured talking therapy that targets distorted thoughts and has strong trial evidence.
Open in the interactive tree →His 1979 manual Cognitive Therapy of Depression and the later merger with behavioural methods created CBT, now used for depression, anxiety and insomnia. It is among the best-studied psychotherapies in randomised trials.