A.

Turkish Journal of Psychiatry is printed in Turkish, but research manuscripts are published both in Turkish and English online. Research manuscripts both in Turkish and English are accepted. Turkish translations of manuscripts in English are performed by professional translators.

Turkish Journal of Psychiatry includes studies on behavioral sciences and especially clinical psychiatry. Submitted manuscripts should not be previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere. Lengths of reviews or original investigations should not exceed 20 double space pages (figures and tables are included). A summary should be added which is minimum 230, maximum 250 words long. A summary of a research study should include following titles: Objective, Method, Results, Conclusion.

B.

1.      Manuscripts may be submitted online or by regular mail.

2.      Admissions by regular mail should include a letter which determine names, surnames, titles and business addresses of authors, and additionally contact address, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address which will meet all need of connection. Authors should be the persons who performed the study; if necessary, names of supporters and consultants should be mentioned in "Acknowledgements" section. The name of the institution where the study is performed should be clarified.

3.      For manuscripts which are submitted by regular mail, front page which includes the title of the study and name(s) and address(es) of the author(s) shuold be followed by summary page. At the end of the summary there should be 3-6 key words which are determined according to Index Medicus (In order to control whether your key words are included in Index Medicus, you may visit NLB MeSH Browser page via Internet). The pages following summary page should be numbered. Manuscripts should be written by printer on white A4 pages (21X29.5 cm) with spaces of 2.5 cm from both ends as three copies. There is no need for submission of floppy discs until acceptance for publication. But after acceptance, a floppy disc which includes the latest version of the manuscript in Microsoft Word format should be submitted for typesetting purposes. This soft copy should be similar with latest version of the hard copy.

4.      In order to provide the objectivity of the reviewers, name(s) and address(es) of the author(s) should only take place on front page. For online submissions, name(s) and address(es) of the author(s) should not be present in the attachment which includes the manuscript.

5.      The author(s) may be asked to review the manuscript with respect to critiques or advises. Editorial Board may make some modifications following approval of the author. Acceptance or rejection for publication will be notified to contact address in writing. Submitted manuscripts are not returned. There is no payment for publishing the manuscript.

6.      There should not be any footnotes and needed explanations should take place in the text.

7.      Each figure and table should be in a separate page. The quality of the figures should be adequate to take photographs. Titles and legends of the tables should be presented with the tables. Localisation of the figures or tables should be pointed out in the text.

8.      References should be clarified in the text with the name of the author and publication year. There should not be a comma between the name and date. If there are more than two authors, they will be expressed as "(the name of the first author) et al.", but if there are two authors, both of them will be written. Examples: In a study on this subject (Crow 1983)........, Crow and Syder (1981) reported that .........., ........ related studies (Synder et al. 1982)........, ....... in one study (Crow and Synder 1981)...........

If one author published multiple manuscripts in the same year, they should be clarified as (Freud 1915a), (Freud 1915b). If there are more than one references in a certain point, they will be expressed in the same paranthesis seperated from eachother with commas.

Examples: (Crow 1981, Synder 1980) (Crow 1981, Synder et al. 1970)

9.      References should be seperately presented at the end of the text in an alphabetical list. Surname(s) and initial(s) of name(s) of the author(s) will be written without commas or dots. If there are more than three authors of a reference, the others will be mentioned as "et al." phrase. Then, publication date of the reference will be written in parantheses.

a)     If the reference is an article, following the date, full name of the manuscript, name of the journal (abbrevations of Index Medicus may be used), volume (if absent number of issue in paranthesis) and pages will be written.

Winokur G, Tsuang MT , Crowe RR (1982) The lowa 500: affective disorder in relatives of manic and depressed patients. Am J Psychiatry, 139: 209-212.

b)     If the reference is from the supplementum of a journal;

Kozkas HG, Homberg LK, Freed GD et al. (1987) A pilot study of MAOIs. Acta Psychiatr Scand, 63(Suppl. 290) 320-328.

c)     If the reference is a book, following name(s) of the author(s) and publication date, name of the book, (if there are more than one edition) edition number, publisher, location of publication and pages will be written. If the book is translated from another language, original language and name(s) of translator(s) shoul be mentioned.

Mark IMJ (1987) Fears, Phobias and Rituals. New York Oxford University Press, p. 97.

d)     If the reference is a chapter or article of a book with multiple authors, name of the author of the chapter or article, date, name of the chapter or article, name of the book, edition number, volume, editors of the book, publisher and pages should be presented.

Meltzer HY, Lowy MT (1986) Neuroendocrin function in psychiatric disorders. American Handbook of Psychiatry, 2^nd ed., vol. 8, PA Berger, HKH Brodie (Ed), New York . Basic Books Inc, p. 110-117.

e)     If the reference is an electronic journal:

1. Use exact date of releasing.
2. Generally volume and issue numbers or pages are absent.
3. Mention address of direct access and date of download.

Frederickson BL (2000, Mart 7). Cultivating positive emotions to optimize health and well-being. Prevention & Treatment 3, Article 0001a. Retrieved November 20 2000, from http://journals.apa.org/prevention/volume3/pre0030001a.html

10. The author is responsible from the accuracy of the references. References which are transmitted from other references or not subject to direct utilisation should not be mentioned. Unpublished data, personal connections or summaries of manuscripts which are accessed via Medline search may not form source documents.