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Apr 17, 1904 Arcachon, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France Died on 20 Nov 1984 (aged 80)
Swiss psychologist & psychoanalyst
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About Germaine Guex
- Germaine Guex (April 17, 1904 in Arcachon, France–November 20, 1984 in Lausanne, Switzerland) was a Swiss psychologist.
- She was particularly known for her work on abandonment syndrome in psychoanalysis. Born in Arcachon, France, Guex achieved the French baccalauréat and studied at the Rousseau Institute in Geneva.
- In the 1930s, Guex established a pioneering medical-pedagogical service in Monthey, dedicated to the psychoanalytical treatment of children.
- Her monograph La névrose d'abandon (1950; English: Abandonment neurosis), later re-published in 1973 under the title Le Syndrome d'abandon, made her reputation international.
- In it, she describes "abandonment neurosis" as a type of neurosis distinct from other previously defined categories.
