TY - JOUR T1 - The National Football League and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Legal Implications JF - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law SP - 430 LP - 436 VL - 41 IS - 3 AU - Caleb Korngold AU - Helen M. Farrell AU - Manish Fozdar Y1 - 2013/09/01 UR - http://jaapl.org/content/41/3/430.abstract N2 - 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. ER -