- American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Award, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (1983)
- American Psychiatric Association / National Institute of Mental Health Fellowship Award, American Psychiatric Association / National Institute of Mental Health (1983)
- Best Doctors in America, The Best Doctors in America (1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007)
- Certificate of Appreciation, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Palo Alto Health Care System (2022)
- Commendation from the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, San Mateo County (2007)
- Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (2003)
- Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (2016)
- Dr. Sirgay Sanger Award for psychiatric research, Harvard Medical School (1980)
- Editorial Service Award, Academic Psychiatry (2005)
- Education Excellence Mission Award, Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (2017)
- Excellence in Innovative Curricular Design and Program Development, UCSF Academy of Medical Educators (2006)
- Excellence in Teaching, Patient Care, and Research, Anxiety and Affective Disorders Program, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute (2008)
- Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (1996)
- Grete Simpson Award for investigators in psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco (1983)
- Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents, American Psychiatric Association (2011)
- Member, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (2019)
- Member, Literature Selection Technical Review Committee, National Library of Medicine, NIH (2018-present)
- Nancy C.A. Roeske, M.D., Certificate of Excellence in Medical Student Education, American Psychiatric Association (2009)
- National Research Service Award (Individual NRSA), National Institute of Mental Health (1983)
- Nominee, Kaiser Family Fdn Teaching Award for Outstanding and Innovative Contributions to Medical Education (2023)
- Outstanding Teaching Award, Anxiety and Affective Disorders Program, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute (2007)
- Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (2012)
- Pfizer Medical Research Merit Award, Pfizer (1984)
- Physician Scientist Award (career development award), National Institute of Mental Health (1985)
- Resident Teaching Award, San Mateo Psychiatric Residency Program (2006)
- Sandoz Award for clinical psychiatry, Sandoz (1980)
- Special Recognition Award, UCSF Association of the Clinical Faculty (2000)
- Star Award, UCSF (2006)
- Teacher of the Year Award, San Mateo Psychiatric Residency Program (2000)
- Teaching Award, San Mateo Psychiatric Residency Training Program (2012)
- The Gold Humanism Honor Society, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation (2012)
- Top 10% of Psychiatrists in the U.S.A., U.S. News Top Doctor (2012)
- Vestermark Psychiatry Educator Award, American Psychiatric Association (2019)
- Visiting Professor, National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System (2016)
- Visiting Scholar, University at Oxford and the Harris Manchester College of Oxford University (2018)