Miep Stegmann

Miep Stegmann (1927, Schiedam – 1985, Sint-Truiden) was the first female psychiatrist in Belgium. Stegmann grew up in the Netherlands. Her father owned a copper smith firm Meijer & Stegmann in Schiedam.^[1]

David Meijer started the copper smith factory in 1830 and merged with Stegmann in 1898.^[2][3]

Stegmann obtained her education in medicine and psychiatry at Leiden University.

At the time she was a psychiatrist, not many doctors were skilled in psychoanalysis. It was since the upcoming of the groundbreaking neurologist Sigmund Freud, that psychoanalysis became to play a significant role in psychiatry. Stegmann was a pioneer of her time and one of the adepts of Freud's ideas.

Personal life

In Belgium Stegmann married neurologist Dr. A. Malfait.^[4]

References

1. "Schiedam op de Kaart".
2. "Schiedam op de Kaart".
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
4. "Overlijdensberichten HBVL". Archived from the original on 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2013-12-09.