Past Recipients of the Yale Department of Psychiatry's Mental Health Advocacy Award
- 2006: Dr. Tom Kirk, DMHAS Commissioner
- 2007: Dr. Benjamin Bunney, Yale Chair
- 2008: Mr. Garry Trudeau, Cartoonist/Author
- 2009: Mr. Dick Cavett, TV Star
- 2010: Dr. Kay Redfield-Jamison, Writer
- 2011: The Honorable Patrick J. Kennedy
- 2012: “Dr. Ruth” Westheimer, Educator
- 2013: Dr. Andrew Solomon, Writer
- 2014: Dr. Elyn Saks, Lawyer, Psychol., Writer
- 2015: Mr. Scott Stossel, Writer, Editor of Atlantic
- 2016: Ms. Jennifer Hensel, Dr. Jeremy Richman (Avielle Foundation) and First Lady Rosalynn Carter
- 2017: First Lady Mrs. Katherine “Kitty” Dukakis
- 2018: Mr. Paul Dalio
- 2019: Judge Stephen Leifman
- 2021: T. Byram Karasu, author and former Chair of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- 2023: Elm City COMPASS