At it's annual meeting, NMHA www.nmha.org awarded Sylvia the Clifford Beers 
Award.
She put the core of the application and a draft of her acceptance remarks 
online here http://www.peoplewho.org/beers/

The program reads

"Mental health advocate Sylvia Caras is this year's winner of NMHA's most 
prestigious award for her work to improve the rights of mental health 
consumers through outspoken advocacy and by sharing her own experiences. Her 
pioneering efforts as the founder of People Who has
spread the meaning of "nothing about us without us" across the Internet-and 
the movement-and empowered mental health consumers nationally and 
internationally." 

www.peoplewho.org