Dr. Yoram Barak
University of Otago, New Zealand
Associate Professor
Email: mdybarak@gmail.com
Qualifications
1987 M.D., Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Publications (Selected)
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Turner R, Glue P, Barak Y. Effects of changing criteria on improving interRAI assessment for elder abuse: analysis of a national dataset from Aotearoa New Zealand. BMJ Open. 2024 Jul 2;14(7):e081791. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081791.
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PMID: 38960466; PMCID: PMC11227781.
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Bodner E, Segev A, Chernitsky R, Barak Y. Playing Kioku Reduces Loneliness in Older Adults: A Pilot Study. Games Health J. 2024 May 29. doi: 10.1089/g4h.2023.0130. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38808474.
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Barak Y, Sajjadi SF, Hobbs L, Patterson T. Functional recovery in older adults with schizophrenia: A national interRAI study. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2024 Jun;70(4):792-800. doi: 10.1177/00207640241230837. Epub 2024 Feb 17. PMID: 38366918.
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Patterson T, Hobbs L, Brown E, Barak Y. Sexual Assault in Older-Age Adults: Criminal Justice Response in New Zealand. J Aging Soc Policy. 2023 Nov 26:1-16. doi: 10.1080/08959420.2023.2284575. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38007620.
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Copeland B, Barak Y, Cheung G. The 2023 New Zealand psychiatry of old age services and workforce survey. Australas Psychiatry. 2023 Aug;31(4):480-484. doi: 10.1177/10398562231180486. Epub 2023 Jun 2. PMID: 37264598.
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Zhang M, Barak Y, Thomson WM. Can clozapine be used by dental practitioners to increase salivary flow in patients with dry mouth? A scoping review. Quintessence Int. 2023 Jul 17;54(7):588-593. doi: 10.3290/j.qi.b4069153. PMID: 37139953.
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Taube C, Mentzel C, Glue P, Barak Y. Aging of persons with schizophrenia: analysis of a national dataset. Int Psychogeriatr. 2024 Jan;36(1):43-50. doi: 10.1017/S1041610223000145. Epub 2023 Mar 6. PMID: 36876332.
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Mentzel C, Taube C, Glue P, Barak Y. Older adults with schizophrenia and dementia: Analysis of a national dataset. Australas J Ageing. 2023 Sep;42(3):609-612. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13187. Epub 2023 Mar 3. PMID: 36869573.
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Barak Y. Editorial: Nutrition and mental health in the aging population. Front Psychiatry. 2023 Jan 13;14:1104762. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1104762. PMID: 36713998; PMCID: PMC9880535.
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Harris H, Barak Y. 'She is not my wife': a rare and complicated case of Capgras syndrome. Psychogeriatrics. 2022 Nov;22(6):879-881. doi: 10.1111/psyg.12885. Epub 2022 Aug 15. PMID: 35971242.
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Chacko E, Ling B, Avny N, Barak Y, Cullum S, Sundram F, Cheung G. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Stress Reduction in Family Carers of People Living with Dementia: A Systematic Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jan 5;19(1):614. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010614. PMID: 35010874; PMCID: PMC8744610.
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Barak Y, Fortune S, Hobbs L, Cheung G, Johari N, Zalsman G. Strategies to Prevent Elderly Suicide: A Delphi Consensus Study. Australas Psychiatry. 2022Jun;30(3):298-302. doi: 10.1177/10398562211064256. Epub 2021 Dec 19. PMID:34927470.
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