Austen Fox Riggs (December 12, 1876 – March 5, 1940) was an American psychiatrist and pioneering researcher in stress response.

In 1913, he founded the Austen Riggs Center, a psychiatric treatment facility in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

[3] In 1907, Riggs was recovering from tuberculosis at his Stockbridge, Massachusetts, home when he began furthering his understanding of psychiatry and psychology.

In 1913, he established the Stockbridge Institute for the Study and Treatment of Psychoneuroses, a mental health facility for voluntary admittance patients.

[6] Riggs served as its president and medical director until his death in 1940 due to illness.