Gérard Lopez (born 1949) is a French psychiatrist. He was a pioneer in development of abuse and rape victim treatment,

rape trauma syndrome Rape trauma syndrome (RTS) is the psychological trauma experienced by a rape survivor that includes disruptions to normal physical, emotional, cognitive, and interpersonal behavior. The theory was first described by nurse Ann Wolbert Burgess and ...

psychological trauma Psychological trauma (also known as mental trauma, psychiatric trauma, emotional damage, or psychotrauma) is an emotional response caused by severe distressing events, such as Major trauma, bodily injury, Sexual assault, sexual violence, or ot ...

and the effects and aftermath of rape. He is president and founder of the Institut de Victimologie de Paris.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."

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