The Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health was established in 1992 and is awarded annually by the

National Academy of Medicine The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), formerly called the Institute of Medicine (IoM) until 2015, is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Medicine is a part of the National Academies of Sciences, Eng ...

in the United States to recognize individuals, groups, or organizations for outstanding achievement in improving mental health. It is accompanied by a medal and $20,000.

Recipients

*2022: Daniel Geschwind,

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California S ...

*2021:

Spero Manson Spero M. Manson (born May 2, 1950) is a professor of public health and psychiatry at the Colorado School of Public Health's University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. He also holds the Colorado Trust Chair in American Indian Health and has se ...

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*2020: Stephen P. Hinshaw, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco *2019: Daniel Weinberger, Lieber Institute for Brain Development *2018: Kenneth B. Wells, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine *2017: Joseph T. Coyle, Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, Catherine Lord, Weill Cornell Medical College and Matthew State, University of California, San Francisco *2016: Steven Hyman, Stanley Institute and Robin Murray, King's College, London *2015:

Kay Redfield Jamison Kay Redfield Jamison (born June 22, 1946) is an American clinical psychologist and writer. Her work has centered on bipolar disorder, which she has had since her early adulthood. She holds the post of the Dalio Professor in Mood Disorders and Psy ...

, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Kenneth S. Kendler, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics *2014:

Vikram Patel Vikram Harshad Patel FMedSci (born May 5, 1964) is an Indian psychiatrist and researcher best known for his work on child development and mental disability in low-resource settings. Patel/Brief Biography.pdf He is the Co-Founder and former Dire ...

, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine *2013:

William T. Carpenter William T. Carpenter is an American psychiatrist, a pioneer in the fields of psychiatry and pharmacology who served as an expert witness in the John W. Hinckley trial for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.''APA DSM- ...

, University of Maryland School of Medicine *2012: Huda Akil and Stanley J. Watson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor *2011:

William E. Bunney William E. Bunney is a neuroscientist focused on discovering the genes that cause major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. He is a Distinguished Professor with the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and the Della Mar ...

, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine *2010: Eric J. Nestler, Friedman Brain Institute/Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Charles P. O'Brien, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine *2009: David Mechanic, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research/Rutgers University *2008: Paul R. McHugh, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health *2007:

Beatrix Hamburg Beatrix A. Hamburg (October 19, 1923 – April 15, 2018) was an American psychiatrist whose long career in academic medicine advanced the field of child and adolescent psychiatry. Hamburg was the first African-American to attend Vassar College, an ...

and David Hamburg, Weill Cornell Medical College *2006: Jack D. Barchas, Weill Cornell Medical College *2005: Floyd E. Bloom, Neurome, Inc *2004: Albert J. Stunkard, University of Pennsylvania *2003:

Aaron T. Beck Aaron Temkin Beck (July 18, 1921 – November 1, 2021) was an American psychiatrist who was a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania.

, University of Pennsylvania *2002:

David Satcher David Satcher, (born March 2, 1941) is an American physician, and public health administrator. He was a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the 10th Assistant Secretary for Health, and t ...

, Morehouse School of Medicine *2001: Michael L. Rutter, Kings College, London and Solomon H. Snyder, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine *2000:

Rosalynn Carter Eleanor Rosalynn Carter ( ; née Smith; born August 18, 1927) is an American writer and activist who served as First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981 as the wife of President Jimmy Carter. For decades, she has been a leading advocate ...

, The Carter Centre *1999: Nancy C. Andreasen, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics *1998: David Kupfer, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre *1997: Herbert Pardes, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons *1996: Leon Eisenberg, Harvard Medical School *1995: Samuel B. Guze, Barnes and Renard Hospital *1994: Myrna Weissman, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and

Gerald Klerman Gerald L. Klerman (1928 – April 3, 1992) was an American psychiatrist and researcher whose work included the development of interpersonal psychotherapy, a short-term treatment for depression. He was chief of the US national mental health agency ...

, Cornell University Medical College *1993: Seymour S. Kety, Harvard Medical School *1992: Daniel X. Freedman, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine

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