The John Fryer Award, established in 2005, honors an individual who has contributed to improving the mental health of sexual minorities. The award is named for Dr. John Fryer, a gay psychiatrist who played a crucial role in prompting APA to review the scientific data and to remove homosexuality from its diagnostic list of mental disorders in 1973.
APA Component(s)
- Council on Minority Mental Health and Health Disparities
- Caucus of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists
Co-Sponsor
Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists