Rape, Psychiatry, and Constitutional Rights"Hard Cases Make For Very Bad Law | Psydir News

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Rape, Psychiatry, and Constitutional Rights"Hard Cases Make For Very Bad Law | Psydir News

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The most disturbing turbulence at the boundary between psychiatry and the law is the misuse of a makeshift psychiatric diagnosis (Paraphilia Not Otherwise Specified, nonconsent) to justify the involuntary, indefinite psychiatric commitment of rapists.

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