Garrett M. Halweg, M.D.

Dr. Garrett Halweg has been in private practice since July 2003. He also holds a position with the Department of Juvenile Justice since November 2007. He currently serves as Medical Director of the Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital (CTC). He is board certified in General Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Past clinical experience includes several years serving at an outpatient mental health clinic with chronically mentally ill and substance abusing patients, coordinating both pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments as well as case management and rehabilitation services. Responsibilities there included the development of a rehabilitation program for the incarcerated youth of Ventura County, California and organization of the Transitional Age Youth mental health delivery system. Additionally, he served as a Correctional Psychiatrist for the California Department of Corrections at seven institutions including level IV facilities housing the most dangerous mentally ill offenders. His work there was during a time of federal receivership whereby health delivery systems were restructured and thought leaders were gathered to advise the State of California how to revise their health care.

Dr. Halweg served as Associate Medical Director of CNS, Medical Affairs for i3 Research in 2007. He gained experience as a medical monitor and consulted on clinical trials for depression, bipolar disorder, and neurological disorders including Parkinson’s and post CVA patients. He has an academic appointment at one of California’s leading Universities and teaches Psychopharmacology to Graduate Students. Previously, he served an Administrative Professorship at the University of Hawaii for thirty-five residents in Psychiatry.

Dr. Halweg advises screenwriters and story developers for movies and television shows in Hollywood for the psychiatric and psychological aspects of characters and storylines. In doing so, he has become the Psychiatrist for many Hollywood celebrities and has been called the “Psychiatrist to the Stars.” He devotes the same attention and care to all his patients and ensures that everyone is treated like a celebrity.