Psychiatric Services Achievement Awards

These awards have been presented annually 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.  Two Gold Award winners are selected – one from academically or institutionally sponsored programs and one from community-based programs.  Each program receives a cash award and plaque.  Second and third place programs also may be selected.  Awards are presented at the Institute on Psychiatric Services, where program representatives also are invited to present a special workshop.  Applications are invited in the spring.

2007 Achievement Award Winners

Gold Awards

  • Intensive In-Home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service (IICAPS), Yale University Child Study Center, New Haven, CT
  • Harris County Hospital District Community Behavioral Health Program, Houston, TX

Silver Award

  • Early Assessment & Support Team (EAST), Mid-Valley Behavioral Care Network, Salem, Oregon

Bronze Award

  • Deaf Wellness Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Rochester, New York

Click here to read an article about the winning programs in the October 2007 Psychiatric Services Journal.