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Featured Article: Aaron Beck
Aaron Temkin Beck (July 18, 1921 – November 1, 2021) was an American psychiatrist, regarded as the father of cognitive therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). An effective treatment for a wide range of mental disorders, CBT has become increasingly popular with therapists and the public alike. With its commonsense and clear principles, self-help books based on CBT approaches have also come to dominate the market. Beck also developed self-report measures for depression and anxiety, notably the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), which became one of the most widely used instruments for measuring the severity of depression.
Popular Article: John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States Senator from Ohio. In 1962 he was the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times. Before joining NASA, Glenn was a distinguished fighter pilot in World War II and Korea. He became the oldest person to fly in space as a crew member of the Discovery space shuttle and the only person to fly in both the Mercury and Space Shuttle programs.
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The Open University has more disabled students than any other UK or European university. (source: Open University)
