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, En ...

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 Daniel H. Geschwind is the Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics, Neurology and Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He also directs the UCLA Neu ...

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a Normal school, teachers colle ...

*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 s ...

University of Colorado The University of Colorado (CU) is a system of public universities in Colorado. It consists of four institutions: University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, and the University o ...

*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 Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a byn ...

, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine *2017: Joseph T. Coyle, Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital,

Catherine Lord Catherine Lord (born 1949) is an American artist, writer, curator, social activist, professor, scholar exploring themes of feminism, cultural politics and colonialism. In 2010, she was awarded the Harvard Arts Medal. Early life and education Bor ...

, Weill Cornell Medical College and Matthew State, University of California, San Francisco *2016:

Steven Hyman Steven Edward Hyman is Director of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is also Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Bi ...

, Stanley Institute and

Robin Murray Sir Robin MacGregor Murray Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (born 31 January 1944 in Glasgow) is a Scottish psychiatrist, Professor of Psychiatric Research at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. He has treated patients with schi ...

, 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 Ps ...

, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and

Kenneth S. Kendler Kenneth S. Kendler (born July 12, 1950) is an American psychiatrist best known for his pioneering research in psychiatric genetics, particularly the genetic causes of schizophrenia. Kendler is one of the highest cited psychiatry researchers. Be ...

, 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, University of Maryland School of Medicine *2012:

Huda Akil Huda Akil (born 1945) is a Syrian–American neuroscientist whose pioneering research has contributed to the understanding of the neurobiology of emotions, including pain, anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. Akil and colleagues are best kno ...

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 Ma ...

, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine *2010:

Eric J. Nestler Eric J. Nestler is the Nash Family Professor of Neuroscience, Director of the Friedman Brain Institute, and Dean for Academic Affairs at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Chief Scientific Officer of the Mount Sinai Health System. H ...

, Friedman Brain Institute/Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Charles P. O'Brien, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine *2009:

David Mechanic David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

, 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 David Allen Hamburg (October 1, 1925 – April 21, 2019) was an American psychiatrist. He served as president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1982 to 1997. He also served as the President of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy ...

, Weill Cornell Medical College *2006: Jack D. Barchas, Weill Cornell Medical College *2005: Floyd E. Bloom, Neurome, Inc *2004:

Albert J. Stunkard Albert J. ("Mickey") Stunkard (February 7, 1922 – July 12, 2014) was an American psychiatrist. He is known for his first descriptions of binge eating disorder and night eating syndrome in the 1950s. Life Albert Stunkard was born in Manhatta ...

, 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 ...

, Morehouse School of Medicine *2001:

Michael L. Rutter Sir Michael Llewellyn Rutter CBE FRS FRCP FRCPsych FMedSci (15 August 1933 – 23 October 2021) was the first person to be appointed professor of child psychiatry in the United Kingdom. He has been described as the "father of child psychol ...

, Kings College, London and

Solomon H. Snyder Solomon Halbert Snyder (born December 26, 1938) is an American neuroscientist who has made wide-ranging contributions to neuropharmacology and neurochemistry. He studied at Georgetown University, and has conducted the majority of his research at ...

, 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 Herbert Pardes (born July 7, 1932) is an American physician, psychiatrist, and the executive vice-chairman of NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital. He was the Dean of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons when he was selected ...

, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons *1996:

Leon Eisenberg Leon Eisenberg (August 8, 1922 – September 15, 2009) was an American child psychiatrist, social psychiatrist and medical educator who "transformed child psychiatry by advocating research into developmental problems". He is credited with a num ...

, Harvard Medical School *1995: Samuel B. Guze, Barnes and Renard Hospital *1994:

Myrna Weissman Myrna Milgram Weissman is Diane Goldman Kemper Family Professor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia ...

, 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 Seymour S. Kety (August 25, 1915 – May 25, 2000) was an American neuroscientist who was credited with making modern psychiatry a rigorous and heuristic branch of medicine by applying basic science to the study of human behavior in health and ...

, Harvard Medical School *1992:

Daniel X. Freedman Daniel Xander Freedman (17 August 1921 – 3 June 1993) was a psychiatrist and educator, pioneer in biological psychiatry. Biography Born in Lafayette, Indiana, he performed pioneering studies in the relationship between drugs and behavior. Res ...

, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine

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