U.VA. LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR
JOHN MONAHAN RECEIVES APA AWARD

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 20 -- John Monahan, Doherty
professor of law and professor of psychology and legal medicine at
the University of Virginia School of Law, is the 1996 recipient of
the American Psychiatric Association's Isaac Ray Award for his
longtime contributions to mental health law.
	Monahan, a psychologist, was selected for this career award
for his "outstanding contributions to forensic psychiatry and the
psychiatric aspects of jurisprudence," according to Mary Jane
England, president of the American Psychiatric Association (APA).
Since 1988, he has directed the Research Network on Mental Health
and the Law, supported by a major grant from the John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
	The award, established in honor of Dr. Isaac Ray, one of the
founder's of the APA, will be presented to Monahan in May at the
association's convention in New York.  As a recipient of the award,
he will deliver and publish a series of lectures on mental health
law.
	Monahan received the American Psychological Association's
1990 award for distinguished contributions to research in public
policy and the American Psychiatric Association's 1982 Manfred
Guttmacher Award for his book, "The Clinical Prediction of Violent
Behavior."
	He is the co-author of "Mentally Disordered Offenders:
Perspectives From Law and Social Science" (1983) and "Violence and
Mental Disorder:  Developments in Risk Assessment" (1994), as well
as the author of numerous other books, book chapters and journal
articles on mental health law.
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February 19, 1996