About Margaret

Dr. Haglund is a Double-Board Certified Adult Psychiatrist who studied at Wesleyan University, then Mt Sinai school of Medicine for her MD, and subsequently trained at Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute and UCLA for residency and fellowship trainings. In addition to her work at CalPsychiatry, she serves as voluntary clinical faculty at UCLA in the outpatient psychiatry division helping supervise and train resident physicians.

Dr Haglund has previously worked at Cedars-Sinai medical center, seeing patients hospitalized with medical illnesses who also suffered with depression and anxiety; as lead psychiatrist on a surgery center program, helping patients prepare for surgery by tapering down on pain and anxiety medications; and as medical director of a collaborative care program, bringing mental health services to the primary care and maternal health outpatient populations.

Her primary passion is working with her patients one-on-one to help them achieve their fullest potential. She uses medications when helpful, and also helps people taper off medications that no longer serve them. She has expertise in helping people who are struggling to moderate their drinking and enjoys helping people regulate other behaviors that may feel out of control.