Psychiatry · Acibadem Atakent Hospital, İstanbul Dr. Barış Sancak
✓ Medically verified profileDr. Barış Sancak
Dr. Barış Sancak is a psychiatrist at Acıbadem Atakent Hospital, providing care through the Psychiatry Unit. His areas of interest include anxiety disorders, major depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, atypical psychosis, sleep disorders and personality disorders.
Accepting international patientsAbout Dr. Barış Sancak
Dr. Barış Sancak is a psychiatrist at Acıbadem Atakent Hospital. His clinical interests include anxiety disorders, major depression, bipolar disorder, atypical psychosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, sleep disorders, autism spectrum disorder and personality disorders.
He graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in 2011 and completed his psychiatry residency at Bakırköy Mental and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital between 2013 and 2018. He has worked as a psychiatry specialist at Bakırköy and at the Forensic Medicine Institute, Observation Specialization Department, and joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services in 2020.
International patients can expect a psychiatry consultation focused on understanding their symptoms and care needs. Dr. Sancak also has interests in psychological support for people with cancer, dyslexia, addiction-related personality disorders, and sleep concerns including insomnia and sleep apnea.
What Dr. Sancak treats and performs
Each item opens the condition or treatment page with the care pathway for international patients.
Conditions treated
- Anxiety disorders
- Atypical psychosis
- Bipolar disorder
- Dyslexia
- Psychological support in cancer
- Major depression
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Autism spectrum disorder
Education, career and memberships
Education & training
Education
- 2018Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital Mental Health and Diseases
- 2011Gazi University Faculty of Medicine
Career
Professional Experience
- 2020Acıbadem Healthcare Services
- 2018–2020Presidency of the Council of Forensic Medicine / Observation Specialization Department / Psychiatry Specialist
- 2018Bakırköy Mental and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital / Psychiatry Specialist
- 2013–2018Bakırköy Mental and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital / Psychiatry Resident
- 2011Tonya State Hospital / General Practitioner
Memberships
Professional Memberships
- Turkish Psychiatric Association
- Turkish Medical Association
Selected publications
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.
