PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Caleb Korngold AU - Helen M. Farrell AU - Manish Fozdar TI - The National Football League and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Legal Implications DP - 2013 Sep 01 TA - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online PG - 430--436 VI - 41 IP - 3 4099 - http://jaapl.org/content/41/3/430.short 4100 - http://jaapl.org/content/41/3/430.full SO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2013 Sep 01; 41 AB - The growing awareness of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has the potential to change the public perception and on-field rules of the National Football League (NFL). More than 3,000 ex-NFL players or their relatives are engaged in litigation alleging that the NFL failed to acknowledge and address the neuropsychiatric risks associated with brain injuries that result from playing in the NFL. This article explores the intersection between the medical and legal aspects of CTE in the NFL from a forensic psychiatry perspective.