René Diatkine (6 April 1918, in

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– 2 November 1997, in

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) was a French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, best remembered for his work in

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, and his collaborative work with

Julian de Ajuriaguerra Julian de Ajuriaguerra (born January 7, 1911, at Bilbao (Spanish Basque Country) and died at Villefranque (French Basque Country) on March 23, 1993) was a Spanish-French neuropsychiatrist and psychoanalyst of Basque origin. He is one of the pione ...

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Jacques Lacan Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (, ; ; 13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Described as "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Sigmund Freud, Freud", Lacan gave The Seminars of Jacques Lacan, year ...

at the

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, and

Sacha Nacht Sacha Emanoel Nacht (23 September 1901, Bacău, Kingdom of Romania – 20 March 1977, Paris) was a Romanian-born French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst PsychoanalysisFrom Greek: and is a set of theories and techniques of research to discover ...

. He was the

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of the Paris Psychoanalytic Society from 1972 to 1973.

References

1918 births 1997 deaths French psychiatrists French psychoanalysts French psychologists Health professionals from Paris {{France-psychiatrist-stub