Stanley Fausst Yolles (April 19, 1919 - January 12, 2001) was an American psychiatrist who was head of the National Institute of Mental Health from 1964 to 1970.

[1][2] Yolles was born in New York City to Louis, who owned a dress factory, and Rose, a milliner.

[2] Both of his parents were Jewish immigrants from Galicia (at the time, part of Austria, but after World War I, Poland).

[2] As director of the NIMH, Yolles spoke out against strict drug laws, saying that punishments for marijuana possession were worse than the crime in front of congressional committees.

[1] At the time of his dismissal from NIMH, Yolles was assistant surgeon general and a rear admiral in the Public Health Service.