# Robert M Kaplan: Forensic Psychiatry \| Author \| Speaker \| Frontal Lobotomy Podcast

> Discover the work of Dr Robert M Kaplan, forensic psychiatrist, author, \& speaker\. Explore expert insights into crime, psychiatry, \& history\.

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## Pages
- [Contact](https://rkaplan.com.au/contact/)
- [Speaker](https://rkaplan.com.au/speaker/)
- [Publications](https://rkaplan.com.au/articles-publications/)
- [Frontal Lobotomy Podcast](https://rkaplan.com.au/frontal-lobotomy-podcast/)
- [Medico\-Legal Reports \& Assessments](https://rkaplan.com.au/forensic-psychiatry/medico-legal-reports-assessments/)

## Articles \& Publications
- [Joe Silver: Was he Jack the Ripper?](https://rkaplan.com.au/bibliography/joe-silver-was-he-jack-the-ripper-2/): In this episode, Dr Robert M\. Kaplan delves into whether Joseph Silver, a violent criminal and psychopath who operated across Europe, America, and South Africa, could have been Jack the Ripper\. Listen now to find out more\!
- [A Case of Denied Pregnancy](https://rkaplan.com.au/bibliography/a-case-of-denied-pregnancy/)
- [\(Ed\) Treatment of homosexuality during apartheid\.](https://rkaplan.com.au/bibliography/ed-treatment-of-homosexuality-during-apartheid/): This book review summarises a collection of essays on how homosexuality was treated as a crime and illness under apartheid in South Africa\. It discusses the use of aversion therapy\, chemical castration and military sex\-change experiments and highlights the role of medical professionals in enforcing discriminatory laws\.
- [Writing Ronnie Laing: The Shrink Who Shrunk Himself](https://rkaplan.com.au/bibliography/writing-ronnie-laing-the-shrink-who-shrunk-himself/): “Some people are born mad\, some achieve madness and some have it thrust upon them\.”  Who now remembers R D “Ronnie” Laing? In that garlanded decade known as the Sixties \(which went on well into the seventies\)\, he was the most famous psychiatrist in the world; some regard him as the successor to Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung\.1 He was the leading figure in the British anti\-psychiatry movement\. His books sold thousands of copies\, were reprinted and translated into many languages\. He gave lectures around the world\, was a regular guest on radio and television shows\, read his poetry to audiences and even made a record\. He is the only psychiatrist to have his portrait hung in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery\.\.\.
- [Harold Lasseter: Flying Too Close to the Sun](https://rkaplan.com.au/bibliography/harold-lasseter-flying-too-close-to-the-sun/)

## Topics
- [History of Psychiatry](https://rkaplan.com.au/topic/history-of-psychiatry/)
- [Historical Figures](https://rkaplan.com.au/topic/historical-figures/)
- [Fiction / Narrative](https://rkaplan.com.au/topic/fiction-narrative/)
- [Medical History](https://rkaplan.com.au/topic/medical-history/)
- [Biography, Obituaries \& Profiles](https://rkaplan.com.au/topic/biographycomma-obituaries-profiles/)

## Publication Type
- [Academic Journal Article](https://rkaplan.com.au/publication-type/academic-journal-article/)
- [Website Article](https://rkaplan.com.au/publication-type/website-article/)
- [Podcast Episode](https://rkaplan.com.au/publication-type/podcast-episode/)
- [Column / Opinion Piece](https://rkaplan.com.au/publication-type/column-opinion-piece/)
- [Magazine Feature](https://rkaplan.com.au/publication-type/magazine-feature/)

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