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                                            CONTACT: Katherine Jackson                                            
	CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., Nov. 23--The chairman of psychiatric medicine 
at the University of Virginia was elected president of the Association of 
Medicine and Psychiatry at a recent meeting in California. Dr. Randolph J. 
Canterbury, professor and chairman of psychiatric medicine and director of 
U.Va.'s Institute for Substance Abuse Studies (ISAS), will serve a one year 
appointment. 
	The Association of Medicine and Psychiatry consists of board 
certified physicians in psychiatry and another medical specialty.  
It supports clinical service, education and research in all areas of 
psychiatry and medicine.  
	Canterbury is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and 
Neurology, the American  Board of Internal Medicine and the Society of 
Addiction Medicine.

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                                                        November 22, 1995