Dr. Brooke Weingarden is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who works with Birmingham Maple Clinic in Troy, Michigan, Oakland County Schools, and Christ Child House. Her areas of specialization include addiction in adolescents, as well as early childhood evaluations, disruptive behavior disorders, mood disorders, anxiety, thought disorders, and ADHD. She has lectured and presented nationally on the issue of adolescent addiction and trending drugs of abuse. She also has extensive experience working with patients who have comorbid substance use disorder and mood disorders. Because of the settings in which she practices, including clinics, schools, and more intensive residential settings in the Detroit area, Dr. Weingarden has extensive experience working with patients of racial and ethnic minority backgrounds, as well as low-income populations. Dr. Weingarden also conducts research of the clinical and therapeutic benefits of CBD as a physician affiliate for Hempworx.
Dr. Weingarden completed her Fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Wayne State University School of Medicine, and she completed her residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. She received her DO degree from Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine and her MPH from Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Weingarden is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with a sub-specialty certification in child and adolescent psychiatry.
Medical Training
Board Certified- General Psychiatry 9/23/2013
Board Certified- Child/Adolescent Psychiatry 2014
Wayne State University/DMC Hospital, Detroit, MI. 7/2012- 6/6/2014
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI , 6/2009- 2012
-Psychiatry Resident
Touro University College of Osteopathic medicine; Vallejo, CA. 2007-2009
-MS3-MS4, Degree D.O.
Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine , Davie, FL. 2004-2007
-Year 1 and 2 of D.O. degree and completed Masters in Public Health
Indiana University; Bloomington IN. 2000-2004
-Undergraduate degree: BS in Biology
Work and Volunteer Experience
Birmingham Maple Clinic, Troy, MI. – 3/2014 – present
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Christ Child House, Detroit, MI- 9/2014- present
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Oakland Country School System August 2017 – present
Oakland Country School psychiatric consultant
Nancy home, Delaware home and Northpointe home: Therapeutic Foster homes – Jan 2018- present
Psychiatric consultant
Michigan Osteopathic Association conference, 11/2019
Lectured on CBD and anxiety
Macomb County psychological association conference, 1/26/2017
Lectured on psychiatric diagnoses, treatment and clinical pearls.
ACONP Conference, Traverse City
7/2016: Lectured about Synthetic Drugs of Abuse
7/2017: Lectured about ADHD; relationship with substance use disorders/treatment management
Henry Ford Hospital, West Bloomfield, MI. July 2012
Key note speaker for community education symposium
Professional Membership
AOA/MOA, APA, MPS, AACAP/ MCAP, ACN/ACOPN
Professional Participation
Chief Resident; WSU Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow 2013-2014
Case Conference Presentation for WSU Child and Adolescent Psychiatry department. May, 2013
Quality Improvement Project, Henry Ford Hospital Emergency Psychiatry, improving safety of resident sign out. 2010-2012.