- Distinguished Life Fellow: American Psychiatric Association, 2003 (Life Fellow: 1984)
- Distinguished Life Fellow: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2002 (Life Fellow: 1975)
- APA Warren Williams Award: Outstanding Contribution to the Profession of Psychiatry, 2009
- Thomas F. Riley Community Service Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Profession and Community, Orange County Mental Health Association, February, 2003
- University of California, Irvine: Outstanding Contributions and Continued Excellence, May 2004
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California Irvine, Teacher of the Year, June 2004
- Diplomate American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Child Psychiatry, September 1971
- Diplomate American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Adult Psychiatry, December 1970
- US Air Force Commendation Medal, 1971
- Class Prize for Psychiatric Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1964
- Phi Beta Kappa, 1959