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Overview

Yoram Barak is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a focus on Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental Health. Their research intersects with several subfields including Health, General Health Professions, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's work covers a diverse range of topics, primarily centered around:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Elder Abuse and Neglect
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Family Caregiving in Mental Illness

Yoram Barak's recent publications include:

  • No country for older men: ageing male suicide in New Zealand, 2020, Australasian Psychiatry
  • Fatigue, sleep and depression: An exploratory interRAI study of older adults, 2020, Psychiatry Research
  • Progesterone loading as a strategy for treating postpartum depression, 2020, Human Psychopharmacology Clinical and Experimental
  • Tooth Loss and Dementia: A Critical Examination, 2020, Journal of Dental Research
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Stress Reduction in Family Carers of People Living with Dementia: A Systematic Review, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The scientist frequently publishes in several key venues:

  • Australasian Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • International Psychogeriatrics
  • Human Psychopharmacology Clinical and Experimental
  • International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Yoram Barak collaborates regularly with a group of co-authors including Paul Glue, Gary Cheung, Philippa Greco, Charlotte Mentzel, and Linda Hobbs, indicating a network of professional partnerships across their work.

Best Publications

  • Cerebrospinal cytokine levels in patients with acute depression.

    J. Levine;Y. Barak;K.N.R. Chengappa;A. Rapoport

  • Intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in multiple sclerosis Effect on relapses

    A. Achiron;U. Gabbay;R. Gilad;S. Hassin-Baer

  • Double-blind, controlled trial of inositol treatment of depression.

    J Levine;Y Barak;M Gonzalves;H Szor

  • Cognitive impairment in probable multiple sclerosis.

    A Achiron;Y Barak

  • Animal-assisted therapy for elderly schizophrenic patients: a one-year controlled trial.

    Yoram Barak;Osnat Savorai;Svetlana Mavashev;Avshalom Beni

  • Validation of the Multiple Sclerosis International Quality of Life questionnaire

    MC Simeoni;P. Auquier;O. Fernandez;P. Flachenecker

  • Self-stigma, self-esteem and age in persons with schizophrenia.

    Perla Werner;Alex Aviv;Yoram Barak

  • Melatonin treatment for tardive dyskinesia: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study.

    Eyal Shamir;Yoram Barak;Irena Shalman;Moshe Laudon

  • The immune system and happiness

    Yoram Barak

  • Late-Onset Multiple Sclerosis

    Michael Leon Polliack;Yoram Barak;Anat Achiron

  • Melatonin improves sleep quality of patients with chronic schizophrenia.

    Eyal Shamir;Moshe Laudon;Yoram Barak;Yossi Anis

  • Anticholinergic burden and the risk of falls among elderly psychiatric inpatients: a 4-year case-control study.

    Dov Aizenberg;Mayanit Sigler;Abraham Weizman;Yoram Barak

  • Effect of interferon-beta-1b on cognitive functions in multiple sclerosis.

    Yoram Barak;Anat Achiron

  • Modeling of cognitive impairment by disease duration in multiple sclerosis: a cross-sectional study.

    Anat Achiron;Anat Achiron;Joab Chapman;Joab Chapman;David Magalashvili;Mark Dolev

  • Reduced cancer incidence among patients with schizophrenia

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  • Cognitive patterns and progression in multiple sclerosis: construction and validation of percentile curves.

    A Achiron;M Polliack;M Polliack;S M Rao;Y Barak;Y Barak

  • Changes in interleukin-1 beta and soluble interleukin-2 receptor levels in CSF and serum of schizophrenic patients.

    Vivian Barak;Yoram Barak;Joseph Levine;Benjamin Nisman

  • Sexual dysfunction in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: magnetic resonance imaging, clinical, and psychological correlates.

    Y Barak;A Achiron;A Elizur;U Gabbay

  • Sleep disturbances, fibromyalgia and primary Sjögren's syndrome.

    M Tishler;Y Barak;D Paran;M Yaron

  • Sleep Disturbances in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder A Comparative Study with Healthy Siblings

    Aliza Ring;Daniel Stein;Yoram Barak;Aharon Teicher

  • A long-term, multicenter, open-label study of risperidone in elderly patients with psychosis

    M. Davidson;P. D. Harvey;J. Vervarcke;C. A. Gagiano

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony J. Cleare
Anthony J. Cleare King's College London
Alan Apter
Alan Apter Reichman University
Hans-Jörgen Grabe
Hans-Jörgen Grabe Greifswald University Hospital
Dilip V. Jeste
Dilip V. Jeste University of California, San Diego

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