particular services for the Republic for example social charity and humanitarian aid." In June 2006 the Association of Iranian Physicians and Dentists in Germany honored Peseschkian and two other nominees - among the Iranian Physicians - with an award of recognition for their significant scientific contribution to the field of medicine and health in the world. In November 2006 Peseschkian was one of the honourees of the Encyclopædia Iranica at the Geneva Gala. Encyclopædia Iranica is a branch of Columbia University in New York, United States. Memberships in Scientific Societies International Associations World Psychiatric Association World Council for Psychotherapy (WCP) International Council of Psychologists International Association for Cross cultural Psychology International Association of Group Psychotherapy European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP) International Federation of Psychotherapy (IFP) International College of Psychosomatic Medicine American Psychiatric Association Schweizerische Gesellschaft für psychosomatische Medizin Deutsch-Chinesische Gesellschaft für Medizin e.V. Association for Baháʼí Studies North America ABS National Associations (Germany, Switzerland, Austria) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Nervenheilkunde (DGPPN) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Positive Psychotherapie e.V. (DGPP) Allgemeine Ärztliche Gesellschaft für Psychotherapie (AÄGP) Deutsche Gesellschaft für ärztliche Hypnose und autogenes Training Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie Berufsverband Deutscher Nervenärzte Landesverband Hessen Bundesverband der Deutschen Schriftsteller-Ärzte e.V. Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Migrantenmedizin Senatsmitglied Bundesverband für Wirtschaftsförderung und Außenwirtschaft References External links Positive Psychotherapy site International Academy site State Academy site (Germany) 1933 births 2010 deaths German Bahá'ís Iranian Bahá'ís German people of Iranian descent German psychotherapists Iranian psychiatrists Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 20th-century Bahá'ís 21st-century Bahá'ís