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Legal Dilemmas when Victims of Sexual Assault are Voluntarily Intoxicated

Renée Sorrentino, Abhishek Jain and Adelle Schaefer
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online December 2022, 50 (4) 611-617; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.220077-22
Renée Sorrentino
Dr. Sorrentino is Clinical Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Dr. Jain is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY. Dr. Schaefer is a Forensic Psychiatry Fellow at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
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Dr. Sorrentino is Clinical Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Dr. Jain is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY. Dr. Schaefer is a Forensic Psychiatry Fellow at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
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Dr. Sorrentino is Clinical Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Dr. Jain is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY. Dr. Schaefer is a Forensic Psychiatry Fellow at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
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vol. 50 no. 4 611-617
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https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.220077-22
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36442875

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  • Published online December 19, 2022.

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  1. Renée Sorrentino, MD,
  2. Abhishek Jain, MD and
  3. Adelle Schaefer, MD
  1. Dr. Sorrentino is Clinical Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Dr. Jain is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY. Dr. Schaefer is a Forensic Psychiatry Fellow at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
  1. Address correspondence to: Renée Sorrentino, MD. E-mail: rsorrentino{at}mgh.harvard.edu.

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Renée Sorrentino, Abhishek Jain, Adelle Schaefer
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online Dec 2022, 50 (4) 611-617; DOI: 10.29158/JAAPL.220077-22

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Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online Dec 2022, 50 (4) 611-617; DOI: 10.29158/JAAPL.220077-22
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