Oskar Pfister Award
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The Oskar Pfister Award was established by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), with the Association of Mental Health Clergy in 1983 to honor those who have made significant contributions to the field of religion and psychiatry. The recipient delivers a lecture at an APA conference during the year of award although the 2002 lecture was delivered by Susan Larson on behalf of her late husband. The award is named in honor of Oskar Pfister, a chaplain who discussed the religious aspects of psychology with Sigmund Freud.
[edit] Award winners
- 1983 - Jerome D. Frank
- 1984 - Wayne Oates
- 1985 - Viktor Frankl
- 1986 - Hans Kung
- 1987 - Robert Jay Lifton
- 1988 - Oliver Sacks
- 1989 - William W. Meissner
- 1990 - Peter Gay
- 1991 - Robert Coles
- 1992 - Paulos Mar Gregorios
- 1993 - Paul R. Fleischmann
- 1994 - James W. Fowler III
- 1995 - Prakash Desai
- 1996 - Ann Belford Ulanov
- 1997 - Ana-Maria Rizzuto
- 1998 - Allen Bergin
- 1999 - Don S. Browning
- 2000 - Paul Ricoeur
- 2001 - Irvin D. Yalom
- 2002 - David Larson
- 2003 - Abraham Twerski
- 2004 - Elizabeth Bowman
- 2005 - Armand Nicholi
- 2006 - Ned Cassem
