AlexanderScottDowlingMD

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology

Private practice, outpatient only

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Office
22300 S Woodland Rd
Shaker Heights, OH 44122
Phone+1 216-288-8080

Fax+1 216-916-4094

Dr. Alexander Dowling is a psychiatrist based in Shaker Heights, OH, specializing in psychotherapy and psychopharmacology. He completed his MD with honors from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1955. Dr. Dowling has extensive teaching experience as a Clinical Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. His professional practice and interests include geriatrics, psychotherapy, motor disorders, and psychopharmacology. He has held roles as a consulting psychiatrist and chief of pediatrics, and has been recognized as one of the Best Doctors of America. His published work includes articles on regression and fantasy formation from a psychoanalytic perspective.

University Hospitals of Cleveland1961 - 1962
University Hospital The1959 - 1960
Strong Memorial Hospital1955 - 1956
University of Rochester, School of Medicine and DentistryBachelor, Cum Laude, 1951 - 1955
University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 1955, MD, Cum Laude, AOA
Princeton UniversityAB, Special Program in the Humanities and Department of Religion, Cum laude, 1947 - 1951
Princeton UniversityAB, Special Program in the Humanities and Department of Religion, cum laude, 1947 - 1951

Books/Book Chapters

Chapter: Psychosomatic disorders of childhood
Page 203 - 239Dowling, SEditors: Copel, S.NewYork: Basic Books
Chapter: Child analysis: its origins and clinical characteristics
Page 105 - 119Dowling, SEditors: Rothstein, A.International Universities Press
Chapter: Child analysis: applications and contributions
Page 121 - 134Dowling, SEditors: Rothstein, A.International Universities Press
Chapter: Child and adolescent psychoanalysis.
Page 26 - 45Dowling, SEditors: Moore, B., Fine, B.New Haven: Yale Universities Press
Chapter: The ontogeny and dynamics of anxiety in childhood
Page 75 - 86Dowling, SEditors: Roose, S., Glick, R.Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press
Chapter: Psychological trauma of everyday life
Page 129 - 139Dowling, SEditors: Good, M.International Universities Press
Chapter: Social Skills Development, A Relationship Based Approach: The Bellefaire/JCB Transitional Living Program.
Page 81 - 102Dowling, S.; Saunders, S.; Marcus, C.; Langholt, E.; Ashby, J
Chapter: A developmental approach to diagnosis and treatment in a transitional living program
Dowling, SEditors: Zimmerman, P.Elsivier
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Abstracts/Posters

The Place of Attachment in Human Behavior.
Dowling, S, Psychoanal. Q
The Significance of Infant Observational Research for Clinical Work with Children, Adolescents, and Adults.
Dowling, S. & Rothstein, A, International Universities
Child and Adolescent Analysis: Its Significance for Clinical Work with Adults.
Dowling, S, Madison, CT: International Universities
Abstract Report. From the literature on Neonatology.
Dowling, S, Psychoanal. Q
Dreams and dreaming in relation to trauma in childhood.
Dowling, S, Int. J. Psychoanal
Mental organization in the phenomena of sleep.
Dowling, S, Psychoanal. Study Child
A Piagetian critique.
Dowling, S, Psychoanal. Inquiry
Fantasy formation: a child analyst's perspective.
Dowling, S, J. Amer. Psychoanal. Assn
Discussion of "Early object relations into new objects".
Dowling, S, Psychoanal. Study Child
A reconsideration of the concept of regression.
Dowling, S, Psychoanal. Study Child
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