The name of Mary Stuart's character in Law & Order: SVU is Dr.
Rebecca Hendricks.

Here is a spoiler of the episode called "Weak" (airdate probably in
late November)

Weak: A serial rapist attacks four women, including one in a wheel
chair and another, Miranda, who is mentally ill. Their top suspect
seems to be gay. Dr. Rebecca Hendricks, who used to be a cop, is the
psychiatrist handling Miranda's case.


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Excerpt from an interview with Neal Baer, Executive Producer of Law
& Order: Special Victims Unit


How about when you introduce a new character, as you will this
season? Does everyone give input as to how or when to introduce that
character?

One example is that we're prepping for the last episode in sweeps,
which introduces Mary Stuart Masterson's character (Rebecca
Hendricks) as a psychiatrist. She's taking over for BD Wong's
character while BD is off doing the play "Pacific Overtures". We
wanted to bring in a character that would create some conflict with
Stabler and Benson because conflict is always good! Hendricks is a
former cop who trained with Mariska's character, so they know each
other. Stabler hasn't always felt warmly toward psychiatry, but he
does warm up to this character - who has been both a cop and a
shrink.

I met with the writers to discuss how to introduce this new
character and it just sort of came out of that discussion. If she's
a psychiatric doctor, she has most likely dealt with patients with
severe mental disorders like schizophrenia. So we placed her at
Bellevue and she treats a woman who may or may not have been raped.
It's very difficult sometimes to assess whether or not a woman with
schizophrenia has been raped, even though her risk is higher. We
were interested in what issues arise from that situation, plus it
was a great way to intro Mary's character.

http://www.nbc.com/Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit/index.html


Claudia