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Dr. Baloch is a Board Certified General and Addiction Psychiatrist.  He is a graduate of Saint James School of Medicine and completed his General Psychiatry Residency at Southern Illinois University in Springfield, IL, where he served as Chief Resident and Inpatient Floor Chief.  He then went on to complete an Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at Case Western Reserve/University Hospitals in Cleveland, OH.  He currently holds board certifications for both General and Addiction Psychiatry from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. 

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His interests include Cross-Cultural Psychiatry and Ethnic Diversity, Stigma Resolution, and Mental Health Advocacy.  As part of his advocacy work, he had served as a team captain for the Out of The Darkness Suicide Prevention Walk and participated in Advocacy Day in Springfield, IL, to a encourage increased support for mental health treatment. 

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Outside of his private practice, he spends a couple days per week working at a Federally Qualified Health Center serving the under/un-insured and at substance use treatment facilities in the Illinois suburbs. 

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Dr Baloch feels very strongly about providing personalized care and describes his approach as follows: "My approach tends to be more collaborative, allowing patients to help guide their treatment. I ask my patients a lot of questions to try and understand as much as I can about their individual situation. Each treatment needs to be molded for the individual, it’s not a cookie cutter treatment plan. I also strongly believe that not all patients require medication. Depending on the situation, therapy alone is more appropriate than medication and I will recommend that wholeheartedly. Often, medication is warranted and for those cases, I will spend the time going over side effects, interactions, and alternative options, so that patients can feel comfortable with the treatment plan". 

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For more information, please visit:www.comprehensivepsychsolutions.com