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.
The Achievement Awards Committee group and select two Gold Award winners -- one from academically or institutionally sponsored programs and one from community-based programs. The Commitee may also choose Silver and Bronze Award winners.
All of the Award winners will receive a plaque, coverage in two APA publications, Psychiatric News and Psychiatric Services, and an invitation to participate in a special workshop at the Institute on Psychiatric Services.
The 2011 Awards will be presented on October 27th at the Opening Session of the 63rd APA Institute on Psychiatric Services in San Francisco, California. Recipients of this year's Awards are
Gold Award for Academically or Institutionally Sponsored Programs
Culturally Sensitive Collaborative Treatment (CSCT) of Depressed Chinese Americans in Primary Care
Boston, Massachusetts
Gold Award for Community-Based Programs
The Burke Center – Mental Health Emergency Center
Lufkin, Texas
Silver Award
South Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program, South Carolina Department of Mental Health and Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Bronze Award
White Mountain Apache Suicide Surveillance and Prevention System
Whiteriver, Arizona
Click here for the list of gold award winners from 1987 through 2010.