2014
- La Trobe University: Doctor of Medical Science (Hon.)
- Minding Your Mind: Changing Minds Award
2013
- Kennedy Forum: Kennedy Community Health Award
2012
- Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry: Yale Psychiatry Distinguished Alumni Award
- The Prince Mahidol Award Foundation: Prince Mahidol Award
- Columbia University: Edward J. Sachar Award
2011
- American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians: Sigmund Freud Award
- Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania: Bell of Hope Award
- National Alliance on Mental Illness of Pennsylvania: Scholarship and Research Award
2010
- American Journal of Nursing: Book of the Year in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
2009
- American Philosophical Society/University of Pennsylvania: Rhoads Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Medicine
- Anna-Monika Foundation: Anna-Monika Prize
- Castilla del Pino Foundation: Eighth Castilla del Pino Award for Achievement in Psychiatry
- Forum Lundense: Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Science and Practice of Psychotherapy
- National Nursing Centers Consortium: Lifetime Achievement Award
- Pasarow Foundation: Pasarow Foundation Award for Research in Neuropsychiatry
2006
- American Psychiatric Association: Adolf Meyer Award
- University of Pennsylvania Health System: Strecker Award for outstanding contribution in the field of clinical psychiatry
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: Lifetime Achievement Award
- The Lasker Foundation: Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research
- Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences: Gustav O. Lienhard Award
2005
- International Academy for Suicide Research: Morselli Medal for Lifetime of Research in the Field of Suicide
2004
- University of Louisville: Grawemeyer Award for Psychology
2003
- Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences: Sarnat Award
2002
- Yale University: Cherlin Lectureship
- National Association for Personality Disorders: Treatment and Research Advancements Exemplary Achievement Award
2001
- Heinz Family Philanthropies: Heinz Award for the Human Condition
2000
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Greater Philadelphia Chapter: Outstanding and Innovative Research into the Detection and Treatment of Suicidal Individuals
1999
- Society for Research in Psychopathology: Joseph Zubin Award for Distinguished Contributions in Psychopathology
- Brown University: Distinguished Scientific Award for the Study and Treatment of Mental Disorders
1998
- Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy: Lifetime Achievement Award
1997
- The Nicholas & Dorothy Cummings Foundation: Cummings PSYCHE Award for Lifetime Achievement
- Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences: Senior Member
1996
- California Psychological Association: Lifetime Achievement Award
- Society for Psychotherapy Research: Distinguished Scientist Award
- Belmont Behavioral Health System: Outstanding Researcher Award
1995
- Assumption College: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
1993
- American Psychological Society: James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award in Applied Psychology
1992
- Harvard University: The Karen Stone Lectureship
- New York Academy of Medicine: Thomas William Salmon Award
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine: The Einstein Award in Psychiatry
1991
- National Institute of Mental Health: Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award for Research Grant #MH47383 Risk Factors for Suicide in Psychiatric Outpatients
- American Suicide Foundation: Research Award for Lifetime Work on Hopelessness and Suicide
1989
- American Psychological Association: Distinguished Scientific Award for the Application of Psychology
- Brown University: William Rogers Award
1987
- Royal College of Psychiatrists: Fellow
1983
- American Psychopathological Association: Paul Hoch Award
- American Association of Suicidology: Louis Dublin Award for Suicide Research
1979
- American Psychiatric Association: Foundation’s Fund Prize for Research in Psychiatry
1978
- Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists: Distinguished Researcher Award
1948
- Rhode Island Medical Society: Award for Research
1942
- Brown University: Phi Beta Kappa, Francis Wayland Scholar, Gaston Award (for Oratory) and Bennet Essay Prize