Robert L. Taylor, M. D is a psychiatrist, author, and graduate of Baylor College of Medicine and Stanford University School of Medicine (psychiatric residency). Formerly an Associate Clinical Professor at the Department of Family Medicine (Stanford), he is a training specialist at the National Institutes of Mental Health, and a past consultant to: United States Secret Service (presidential assassination), Canadian Red Cross, and California Department of Mental Health. He has published five books and over 50 articles. He currently resides in Austin, Texas.