Germaine Guex, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Germaine Guex

Swiss psychologist & psychoanalyst

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1904

Place of Birth: Arcachon, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 20-Nov-1984

Profession: psychologist, psychoanalyst

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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.