Psychiatry Asst. Prof. Dr. Barış Sancak
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Barış Sancak is a Psychiatry specialist at Acibadem Atakent Hospital in İstanbul with 15+ years of experience.
He treats mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, schizophrenia, acute psychosis, psychoactive substance use disorders, COVID-19-related anxiety, and provides forensic psychiatric evaluation. He consults in Turkish and English and offers online video consultation.
About Asst. Prof. Dr. Barış Sancak
Asst. Prof. Dr. Barış Sancak is a psychiatrist with 15 years of experience. His listed areas of expertise include acute psychosis, COVID-19-related anxiety, forensic psychiatric evaluation, mood disorders, psychoactive substance use disorders and schizophrenia.
Dr. Sancak graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in 2011. He was at Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital in 2018. He worked as a Psychiatry Assistant at Bakirkoy Mental and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital from 2013 to 2018, and as a Psychiatry Specialist at the Presidency of the Forensic Medicine Institute / Department of Observation Specialization from 2018 to 2020. He joined Acibadem Health Group in 2022. He practises at Acibadem Atakent Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye.
The profile lists 2 professional bodies, among them the Psychiatry Association of Turkey and the Turkish Medical Association.
The profile lists 5 publications dated between 2014 and 2020. Their subjects include COVID-19-related anxiety among physicians, psychiatry specialty choice and satisfaction among psychiatry residents, and psychoactive substance use among male patients hospitalised in an acute psychosis clinic. The publications also include a case report on genital self-mutilation in schizophrenia.
Dr. Sancak speaks Turkish and English. Online consultation is available, allowing patients abroad to speak with the doctor before travelling.
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Education
- 2018Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital Mental Health and Diseases
- 2011Gazi University Faculty of Medicine
Professional Experience
- 2022Acibadem Health Group
- 2018–2020Presidency of the Forensic Medicine Institute / Department of Observation Specialization / Psychiatry Specialist
- 2018Bakırköy Mental and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital / Psychiatry Specialist
- 2013–2018Bakirkoy Mental and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital / Psychiatry Assistant
- 2011Tonya State Hospital / General Practitioner
Professional Memberships
- Psychiatry Association of Turkey
- Turkish Medical Association
Selected Publications
- Covid-19 Related Anxiety Levels In Physicians: A Preliminary Study. Thinking Man-Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences 2020; Preprint Sancak B, Ozer U, Kılıc C, Hızlı-Sayar G.
- Factors Affecting the Choice of Psychiatry as a Specialty and Satisfaction among Turkish Psychiatry Residents. Acad Psychiatry 2016; 40:299-303. Ozer U, Ceri V, Carpar E, Sancak B, Yildirim F.
- Variables affecting detection practices: The case of a mental health hospital. Yeni Symposium 2015; 53(4):16-21. Uzun U, Sancak B, Ozer U, Ozen Ş.
- Genital Self Mutilation in Schizophrenia: A Case Report. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2014; 17(4). Sancak B, Ozer U, Metin H, Ozgen G, Ozen Ş.
- Psychoactive substance use in male patients hospitalized in an acute psychosis clinic and its effect on clinical variables Journal of Addiction 2014;15:72-167. Sancak B, Ozer U, Ozgen G, Uzun U.
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