Turkish Association for Psychopharmacology Membership Guidelines

The association has two kinds of membership:

I-Full membership:

Full membership is open to specialists in Psychiatry or Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Neurology and Pharmacology and to specialists or residents who worked before or still work in the fields of Basic Medical Sciences (Physiology, Pharmacology, Genetics, etc.) and Psychopharmacology.

II-Honorary fellowship:

*Honorary fellowship may be awarded to individuals who have International recognition in Psychopharmacology and/or who have given recognized and continous support to the association.

*Honorary fellows are unable to elect or be elected.

Application for membership and approval:

I- Full  membership

*The candidate meeting the membership requirements should complete the association’s printed membership application form which should be then signed by at least three members endorsing the membership of the candidate. After paying a membership admission fee, together with this document showing his/her suitability for the membership and also with pictures if necessary, the candidate then will submit to the Executive Board.

*Those living in a foreign country and fulfilling membership conditions will make their application to the Executive Board which will approve or reject their membership.

II- Honorary fellowship

Honorary fellowship is awarded for those nominated and after approval of the 20% of the members of General Committee (at the annual meeting) or of the Executive Board.

Membership advantages:

*Members will receive free of charge Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology.

*Attend annual meetings etc on a discount rate 50 % registration fee.

Membership termination and revocation

Membership termination: Members may terminate their membership whenever they want. Members who want to terminate their membership will apply to Executive Committee with a petition or will send their petitions by guaranteed mail to the address of the Society.

Membership revocation: Due to the change in the membership conditions, those who became a member during their residency and left residency for any reason except getting a specialist degree will be revoked from membership. Upon their own request, or without their request, when their condition were recognized and approved via a formal letter from their own institution, membership revocation will be executed ex officio by the Executive Committee. Suspension of membership, inquiry regulations and General Committee decision are not applicable to members revoked in that way.

Dismissal  from membership

Circumstances  for dismissal

*Members will be dismissed from membership on the grounds that his/her conduct is against scientific- professional rules and methods, detrimental to professional honor and prohibitive to the objectives of the Society or causing financial damage to the Society. Those members who do not fulfill membership responsibilities will be expelled either.

*Dismissal from membership will be valid following the approval by the General Committee, of the Executive Committee’s decision of expulsion, based on the results of an inquiry.

* Those who terminate their membership or are expelled will receive no refund.

Membership responsibilities

*Each person shall pay admission due during his/her membership application. Admission due of those whose membership is rejected will not be refunded.

*Membership due will be paid each year in a single payment, starting from the day of membership. Those who are in default of payment of dues after written notice will be accepted as not fulfilling membership responsibilities.

*Membership admission due is 20 (twenty) New Turkish Lira and annual due is 30 (thirty) New Turkish Lira.

*No single member might be obliged to assume responsibility in the society’s activities. Only the members of the society’s qualified committees may be commissioned in line with the objectives of the society. Commissioning by the qualified body is in written form. If the member does not inform for his/her refusal of the duty in 15 days after receiving and signing commissioning, it will be assumed as he/she accepted the duty.