Psychiatric Services Achievement Awards

The goal of the Psychiatric Services Achievement Awards is to recognize and publicize national models of creative service delivery.  The awards have been presented since 1949 to innovative programs that deliver services to the mentally ill or disabled, have overcome obstacles, and can serve as models for other programs.  Programs can be based in a school, a clinic, a hospital, or the community itself, and can provide unique human resource development, prevention, or administrative models that improve clinical care.  [Click here for the list of gold award winners from 1986 through 2009.]

These awards are supported by a charitable contribution from Pfizer Inc. to the American Psychiatric Foundation. 

For the 2010 competition application information email achievementawards@psych.org. 

We invite you to view the video below about the 2009 award-winning programs.  Winners of these Awards are

  • The Palliative Care Psychiatry Program of the San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine, San Diego, CA 
           Gold Award for Academically or Institutionally Sponsored Programs
           Click to read the article in     Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1395-1397
  • The Thresholds Supported Employment Program, Chicago, IL 
           Gold Award for Community Based Programs 
           Click to read the article in     Psychiatric Services 2009 60:  1392-1394
  • The CHOICES Program (Consumers Helping Others Improve their Condition by Ending Smoking), Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
           Silver Award
           Click to read the article in     Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1398-1399
  • The South Bronx Mental Health Council's Children and Adolescent Services Program, Bronx, NY
           Bronze Award
           Click to read the article in     Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1399-1400

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