Pasted below, from about ~1 year ago, is an email to me from Dr Aaron Beck, MD. In it, please find his identified resources on schizophrenia. He names “recovery oriented cognitive therapy” as his emerging methodology. In my estimation, given Dr Beck’s genius and prolificacy, in five years, his methodology will likely become parcel to “best practice”! I have very little doubt. Thank you, Dr Beck, for your tremendous contributions and your genuine kindness! You did amazing things, and helped so many!

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Dear David,

I was pleased to hear from you and to know of your success in dealing with your problems with schizophrenia. To answer your questions: at the age of 98 and ½, I am quite serene and am still doing some work in the area of schizophrenia and also addictions. Unfortunately, my eyesight has gone so that I am not able to read. My patient assistant reads my letters to me but there is not enough time or energy to do much more than keep up with the correspondence.

I do believe that your first-hand account of your grappling with the problems of schizophrenia would be very helpful to other people. My former team has developed (with inputs from me) what seems to be a very effective approach to this disorder named recovery oriented cognitive therapy. The team headed by Paul Grant and Ellen Inverso have a contract with the state of New York and are currently providing clinical training in these disorders throughout the mental hospitals in New York City and Long Island and will eventually cover the rest of the hospitals in New York State. I think that if it is possible for you to attend one of their workshops that you will find it of value.

In the meantime, if you would care to send me a copy of your book, when my assistant has time she will look through it and share some of the wisdom with me.

With warm regards,
ATB/vw

Aaron T. Beck, M.D.
University Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania


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