Gérard Lopez (psychiatrist)

Gérard Lopez (born 1949) is a French psychiatrist. He was a pioneer in development of abuse and rape victim treatment, rape trauma syndrome, psychological trauma and the effects and aftermath of rape. He is president and founder of the Institut de Victimologie de Paris.^[1][2]

References

1. George F. Rhoades, Vedat Sar Trauma and Dissociation in a Cross-Cultural Perspective 2006 Volume 2 - Page 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 Page 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."