About Dr. Holinger

Paul C. Holinger, M.D., M.P.H., is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who has been working with children and adults for the last twenty-five years. He is Professor of Psychiatry at Rush University Medical Center and is Training and Supervising Analyst at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. He earned a Masters of Public Health from Harvard University School of Public Health and has held fellowships in both Psychiatric and Psychosocial Epidemiology.

In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Holinger is actively involved in the community — speaking at conferences for parents of school-age children and parent book clubs, consulting with preschool, elementary, and high school officials on emotional issues in students, and conducting hospital grand rounds. He has written extensively for the academic press, including his book Suicide and Homicide Among Adolescents; he is also on the editorial board of the Journal of Youth and Adolescence and Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. He is a reviewer for the American Journal of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Psychoanalytical Psychology, along with the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, to name a few. Dr. Holinger resides in the Chicago, IL area.