General Policies

Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bulteni (Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology) will consider for publication papers in the following categories:

- Researches,
- Case reports,
- Reviews,
- Letters to the editor,
- Translations.



Daha önce yayınlanmamış, yayınlanmak üzere başka bir dergide değerlendirilmekte olmayan ve her bir yazarı tarafından onaylanan makaleler Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bülteni'nde değerlendirilmek üzere kabul edilir.

Bilimsel toplantılarla ilişkili olarak basılan bildiriler ve özetler yayınlanmak üzere dikkate alınmaz. Diğer kaynaklardan kopya edilen materyallerin Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bülteni'nde yeniden yayınlanabilmesi için hem yazar(lar)dan hem de yayıncıdan izin alındığına ilişkin yazılı bir ifade bulunmalıdır.

Submission of Manuscripts

The original manuscript and three copies should be sent to the editor at the following address:


Prof. Dr. Mesut ÇETİN,
Bağdat Caddesi Veli Güneysu Apt. No: 453 / 3
SUADİYE 
İstanbul / Turkey

Tel: +90 (216) 464 2888- 464 5724
Tel Fax: +90 (216)349 35 17 - 464 57 24 
Mobil Telefon(GSM) : +90 (532) 272 3252
E-mail Address: mesutcetin@yahoo.com


All correspondence will be sent to the first-named author unless otherwise specified. Papers should be accompanied by a cover letter indicating that the paper is intended for publication and specifying for which section of the Journal it is being submitted (i.e., original article, review article, or case report). Authors will be notified of the receipt of their paper and the number assigned to it. The number should be included in all further correspondence.

Form

Manuscripts must be typed double-spaced with wide margins throughout on one side. The manuscript should be arranged in the following order, with each item beginning a new page:

1) Title Page
2) Abstract
3) Text
4) References and
5) Table and/or Figures

All pages must be consecutively numbered.

On the title page, include full names of authors, academic or professional affiliations, and complete address with phone, fax number(s) and e-mail address(es) of the corresponding author. Acknowledgments for personal and technical assistance should be indicated on the title page.
The abstract should be no longer than 250 words and structured as follows:
Objective, method, results, and conclusions

Objective -the primary purpose of the article; Method -data sources, design of the study, patients or participants, interventions, and main outcome measures; Results -key findings; Conclusions -including direct clinical applications. Case reports should include unstructured abstracts.

Up to 6 key words should be included for indexing in all manuscripts should be indicated on this page.

The text of original articles should be organize as Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion.

Original papers and reviews have no specific word limitation, but keep in mind that a short paper is more likely to be read. A case report must be strictly limited to 1000 words and have minimal figures, tables, and references. Letters to the Editor (maximum of 500 words, including references; no tables or figures) will be considered if they include the notation "for publication." A letter must be signed by all of its authors. Letters critical of an article published in the journal must be received within 12 weeks.

References are numbered and listed by their order of appearance in text; the text citation is followed by the appropriate reference number in parentheses. References should be restricted to closely pertinent material. Accuracy of citation is the author's responsibility. References should conform exactly to the original spelling, accents, punctuation, etc. All references should be cited in text.
Type references in the style shown below. List all authors; do not use "et al." Abbreviations of journal names should conform to the style used in Index Medicus. If a journal is not indexed in Index Medicus, it should not be abbreviated.

Example for Journal:

1. Marshall RD, Stein DJ, Liebowitz MR, Yehuda R. A pharmacotherapy algorithm in the treatment of PTSD. Psychiatric Annuals 1996;26:217-226.

Example for Books:

2. Philips SJ, Whisnant JP. Hypertension and Stroke. In: Laragh JH, Brenner BM, editors. Hypertension pathophisiology, diagnosis, and management. 2nd ed. New York: Raven Press, 1995: 465-478.