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For Immediate Release						April 23, 1997

Lawrence University Psychologist Named Associate Editor of National Journal 


	APPLETON, WIS.  Lawrence University Associate Professor of Psychology
Gerald Metalsky has been appointed associate editor of the Journal of Abnormal
Psychology, a flagship publication of the America Psychological Association.

	The quarterly journal publishes the latest research covering the causes
of mental disorders, including depression, schizophrenia, eating disorders and
addictions, among others.

	"What's exciting is as associate editor, I'll get to steer the field as
to what's being published in the premier psychopathology journal," said
Metalsky, who has previously served as a consulting editor to the publication. 
"The Journal of Abnormal Psychology is the clinical psychologist equivalent to
the New England Journal of Medicine."

	Metalsky joined the Lawrence faculty in 1992 after spending five years
as a faculty member in the psychology department at the University of Texas. 
He earned his bachelor's degree at the University of California-Berkeley and
his doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Wisconsin.