PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Young, Stephen A.
TI  - Rape Trauma Syndrome in the Military Courts
DP  - 1995 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 563--571
VI  - 23
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/23/4/563.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/23/4/563.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1995 Dec 01; 23
AB  - The military courts have developed a rich case law tradition in the area of rape trauma syndrome testimony. These cases are particularly important in the context of a military that is both increasingly female and increasingly sensitive to mixed gender relationships. This article reviews the military court's approach to rape trauma testimony over the past 15 years. The author notes that military courts have been accepting of this testimony within certain well defined limits. The author analyzes the approach to testimony at one military medical center and offers a testimony model for the forensic psychiatrist who testifies in a military setting.