Gérard Lopez (psychiatrist)

Gérard Lopez (born 1949) is a French psychiatrist specializing in the treatment of psychological trauma and victimology. He is recognized for his early involvement in addressing the mental health needs of victims of abuse and sexual violence in France. Lopez contributed to the development of therapeutic approaches related to rape trauma syndrome, psychological trauma, and the effects and aftermath of rape.

He co-founded the Institut de victimologie in Paris, where he serves as president. Lopez also worked at the forensic psychiatry unit of the Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Paris, where he conducted clinical assessments and supported victims of sexual and domestic violence.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ George F. Rhoades, Vedat Sar, Trauma and Dissociation in a Cross-Cultural Perspective, 2006, Volume 2, p. 106. "Gérard Lopez also stands as one of the first French male psychiatrists who expressed ideas on rape issuing from his consultations in the Hotel-Dieu forensic centre in Paris...."
  2. ^ Didier Fassin, Richard Rechtman, Rachel Gomme, The Empire of Trauma: An Inquiry Into the Condition of Victimhood, 2009, p. 123. "... like former military psychiatrist Louis Crocq, or like civilian psychiatrists Gérard Lopez and Pierre Sabourin, who made major contributions to the institutional development of psychiatric victimology and to the care of victims of sexual violence within the family, respectively."


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