 He travels throughout the country giving workshops and lectures on how to help people convince troubled loved one's to get psychiatric treatment and other topics in psychiatry, as well as his "Ask the Doctor" lectures, where audiences can ask open questions about mental illness and psychiatric treatment, similar to the "open phones" hours on his radio shows.His book, workshops, and public lectures garnered him the "Exemplary Psychiatrist Award" from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the Frances J. Lentz Memorial "Mental Health Professional of the Year" Award from the Metropolitan Baltimore NAMI affiliate in 2013.He currently serves on the Ethics Committee of the American Psychiatric Association.