Aditi Garg

Media Releases

Get to know Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist Dr. Aditi Garg, who serves patients in Plymouth, Minnesota.

Named a 2019 Top Doctor in Minnesota Monthly magazine, Dr. Garg is a board-certified child & adolescent psychiatrist whose professional interests include mood and anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and autism spectrum disorder. At present, she tends to patients at Allina Health Mental Health – Abbott Northwestern – WestHealth Clinic in Plymouth, Minnesota. 

The mental health clinic at Abbott Northwestern – WestHealth offers psychiatric services for adults, adolescents and children to help with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and psychosis. Specific services include diagnostic assessments, treatment, and discharge planning, medication management, and crisis services.

After graduating with her Medical Degree from the Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research in India in 2007, Dr. Garg relocated to the United States. There, she completed her residency at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. 

Fluent in both English and Hindi, the doctor is board-certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, which is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to promoting high-quality patient care for the public through the initial and continuing certification of psychiatrists and neurologists.

Child and adolescent psychiatry, also known as pediatric psychiatry, is a branch of psychiatry that focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders in children, adolescents, and their families. A child and adolescent psychiatrist, like Dr. Garg, is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of thinking, feeling, as well as behavior affecting children, adolescents, and their families.

Outside of practicing psychiatry, Dr. Garg enjoys biking.

Recommended Articles

• What to Expect During Physical Therapy

  The first time you visit your physical therapist for therapy, the specialist will go through your records and give a complete examination in regards to your situation. The report will cover sensitive muscle areas that feel pain when compressed, abilities, daily problems, desired outcome, and...

• What Is Cisgender?

  The definition of cisgender is “an adjective for someone whose gender would correspond to the sex assigned to them”. Cisgender, or cis in abbreviated form, describes individuals whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth. Cisgender can be applied to a vast majority of...

• Leaky Gut Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

  What is leaky gut syndrome?Leaky gut syndrome is often associated with symptoms such as gas, stomach bloating, being sensitive to certain kinds of foods, and abdominal cramps. However, it is not easy to recognize the signs of a leaky gut, which is why the condition still remains an unsolved...

• Home Remedies for Swollen Tonsils

  Why are my tonsils swollen?The human body is a marvelous creation--a true work of art. It has the infrastructure to keep itself safe from harmful bacteria and viruses, and it has the ability to heal itself. One of these infrastructures is the tonsils. These are lymph nodes located at the back of the...

• Former Rock Stars Develop App to Teach Music to Children with Autism

  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 59 children in the United States has been diagnosed with autism. Being a complex developmental disorder, autism encompasses several impairments including persistent challenges in speech and nonverbal communication, accompanied by...

• Intellectual Disability in Children: Know the Signs

  Intellectual DisabilityIntellectual disability (ID), formerly called as mental retardation, is a type of developmental disability, in which individuals have certain limitations in their intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior. People with ID have difficulty learning, communicating, solving...