Kate Fraser CBE (10 August 1887 – 20 March 1957) was a pioneering Scottish psychiatrist who sought to improve the well being and treatment of mentally ill patients.

An inquiry into a mental deficiency in school children with special reference to syphilis as a causative factor as determined by the Wassermann reaction".

[2][6] After graduating, Fraser took a position as assistant physician at the Bridge of Weir Sanitorium, later becoming a junior resident at The Crichton Royal in Dumfries, a psychiatric hospital that encouraged patients to participate in activities.

During the Second World War, Fraser put in place a rehabilitation scheme for servicemen who had been discharged on medical grounds.

[9] Fraser and Aidan Thomson co-authored Inquiry into Matters Arising out of the Methods of Discipline used at Waverley Park Certified Institution in 1938, in response to allegations of abuse.