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Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 3/28/24

Year: 2024

Research Articles

Review

Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology ISSN 1302-7840 (pressed) and E-ISSN 2667-8225 (online) is being published online since 2019. Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology is the academic official publication of the Cyprus Mental Health Institute. Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology – Cyp Turk J Psychiatry and Psychol in abbreviation, aims to reach a national and international audience and accept applications from worldwide authors. The journal gives high priority to the publication of original studies of clinicians and scientists in disciplines related to psychiatry and psychology. In addition, Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology publishes high-quality research by experts and scientists in neurology, pharmacology, social services, genetics, physiology, psychiatry nursing, and other related sciences related to the fields of psychiatry and psychology after a meticulous review of a referee.

The journal is accessible to all interested people without a subscription fee, which increases the goal of reaching all interested national and international associations and individuals.

Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology is found on the List of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
http://www.icmje.org/journals-following-the-icmje-recommendations/
The journal follows the updates of the ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals.

Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology was included in the NAPS Journal List by the Novel Academy Publication Standard (NAPS) in the assessment, recommendation, accreditation and certification process in order to raise the publication quality standard.

In line with the decision of the Editorial Board of the Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology on December 20, 2020, it has been decided to publish the Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology in 4 issues (March, June, September, December) as of 2021.

Articles accepted for publication by the Editorial Board are read by language (Turkish, English) editors. During the evaluation process of the articles, the editorial board, referees, or language editors may suggest corrections regarding the writing of the article. It is the authors’ responsibility to make these corrections.

The aim of the Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology, Cyprus, Turkey and in the world, mainly Psychiatry and Psychology, to provide the scientific level of theoretical knowledge and clinical experience to create and promote a forum.

In the Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology, original research articles, review articles, case reports, letters / debates, books and dissertations will be published. The Turkish Cypriot Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology, whose short name is Cyp Turk J of Psychiatry and Psychol, is published both in print (ISSN: 1302-7840) and online (E-ISSN: 2667-8225).

Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology recommends that authors follow the Recommendations for the conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals formulated by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

General Information:

The language of the Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology is Turkish and English. Manuscripts should be written in a clear, fluent, simple language and long narratives should be avoided. Turkish equivalents of foreign words and abbreviations must be fully written in parenthesis where they crossed. Generic names of drugs should be used. Footnotes should not be used.

The names of the authors should be placed at the bottom right of one line of the article title and the title, institution, address, telephone, e-mail address should be given with the asterisk (*). Authors / text-specific terminology and / or abbreviations should be explained in footnotes. The author (s) must be the person (s) who makes the work and writes directly.

If the research has received financial support from an organization or has been presented in a congress, it should be placed on the last word of the title of the manuscript (*) and should be indicated as a bottom note.

Articles are on one side of A4 paper size, 2.5 cm on all sides. It should be written with “Times New Roman” font with 12 pt and one and a half line spacing. The Turkish title should not exceed 19 words. Subheadings must be preceded by line spacing, no space between paragraphs and no paragraph indented. Footnotes should be used to provide additional information, not for source representation, should be numbered on the page, written in 10 pt and 1line spacing and justified. The page numbers must also be placed at the bottom with 11 pt.

Accepted articles are published in order.



Preparation of articles

Title page

The Turkish and English title of the article should not exceed 19 words. Abbreviations should not be used in the title. In the article, only the names and surnames of the authors who directly contributed to the study, their titles, and the institutions they work for should be written clearly. Funds and organizations supporting the study should be specified on the title page.

Contact information of the author to be contacted should be written at the bottom of the title page (Author’s name, surname, full address, postal code, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address should be written).



Abstracts

Abstracts should be written in Turkish and English and should contain a maximum of 250 words. The abstract should be organized according to purpose-method-results-discussion sections. Turkish and English key words (3-8) for the article should be given right after the abstracts. English keywords should be given in accordance with “Medical Subject Headings (MESH)” (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html). Turkish keywords should be in accordance with Turkey Science Terms (TBT) (http://www.bilimterimleri.com). Using abbreviations in abstracts should be avoided as much as possible. When abbreviations must be used, they should be used after they are defined in parentheses at the first mention.



Article Text Body:

Research articles: After the abstract, the subtitles of introduction-method and materials-results-discussion-resources should be included, the latest information on the subject should be included, the method should be written clearly, the validity and reliability studies of the measurement tools used and the tests used for evaluation, standard deviation, test values ​​must be specified. In the discussion, the clinical and theoretical benefits of the results, application areas, and innovations should be emphasized. Articles should not exceed 3500 words. The article should contain a maximum of 6 tables or figures. Care should be taken that the number of references does not exceed 50 resources.

Review articles: The purpose, the method used, the sources used, the results obtained should be stated. Articles should not exceed 3500 words. The article should contain a maximum of 6 tables or figures. Care should be taken that the number of references does not exceed 50 resources.

Case reports: Case reports should include introduction, description of the cases, discussion and references sections. The article should not exceed 3000 words. It should be noted that the number of references for typical or rare cases that are found useful in terms of clinical or theoretical education should not exceed 30 references. The number of tables or figures should not exceed 2.

Perspectives: In these articles, experience-based opinions on controversial or controversial issues affecting the profession should be discussed with the introduction of the literature. The article should not exceed 2500 words. Number of Resources should not exceed 20. The number of tables or figures should not be more than 2.

Practical Psychotherapy: In these articles, the introduction and information about psychotherapy application should be discussed in the light of the literature. The article should not exceed 2500 words. Number of Resources should not exceed 20. The number of tables or figures should not be more than 2.

Comments: The features of the article discussed with the introduction should be discussed in the light of the literature. The article should not exceed 2500 words. Number of Resources should not exceed 20. The number of tables or figures should not be more than 2.

Letter: Opinions in which a discussion forum can be formed on various issues in the journal are included in the letter section. The article should not exceed 500 words.

Translation, book and thesis presentation: Translation, book and thesis introductions should be short, an original copy of the translation texts and thesis should be sent. The article should not exceed 500 words.

Thank letter:

The letter of acknowledgment can be added to the individuals who contributed or to the funds and organizations supporting the study, if any.

Resources:

In-article citations and bibliography in the journal should be shown according to the international APA format. For detailed information, see the Resources section on the website.



Reference in Text

References should be written in parentheses in the text by including the surnames and publication date of the manuscripts. If more than one source is to be shown, the (;) sign must be used between the references. References should be sorted alphabetically.

Single author References;

(Akyolcu, 2007)

References with two authors;

(Sayıner and Demirci, 2007, p. 72)

References with three, four and five authors;

For the first use in the text: (Ailen, Ciambrune and Welch 2000, pp. 12 .13) In repeated use within the text: (Ailen et al., 2000).

References with six and more authors;

(Çavdar et al., 2003)

References in References Section

All references should be given in a separate section at the end of the text in alphabetical order.

Examples of literature writing are given below.

Book

a) Book Example

Onur, B. (1997). Developmental Psychology, Ankara: İmge Kitapevi.

b) Translation of Books

Schuckit MA. (1993). Alcohol and Substance Abuse. K Kamberoglu (trans.), Izmir: Kanyilmaz Matbaasi.

c) Multi Writer Turkish Book

Tonta, Y., Bitirim, Y. and Sever, H. (2002). Performance evaluation in Turkish search engines. Ankara: Total Informatics.

d) English Book

Kamien R., & amp; Kamien, A. (2014). Music: An appreciation. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.

e) Section in English Book

Bassett, C. (2006). Cultural studies. In G. Hall & C. Birchall (Eds.), New cultural studies: Adventures in theory (pp. 220 Bir237). Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press.

f) Section in Turkish Book

Erkmen, T. (2012). Organizational culture: Functions, elements, the importance of business management and leadership. M. Zencirkıran (Ed.), In the book of Organizational Sociology (pp. 233an263). Bursa: Dora Edition Publication.

Article

a) Article

Mutlu, B. and Savaşer, S. (2007). Causes of stress in parents in the intensive care unit after surgery and attempts to reduce. Istanbul University Florence Nightingale Nursing Journal, 15 (60), 179ing182.

b) More Than Seven Writers in Article

Lal, H., Cunningham, A. L., Godeaux, O., Chlibek, R., Diez-Domingo, J., Hwang, S.-J. … Heineman, T. C. (2015). Efficacy of an adjuvanted herpes zoster subunit vaccine in older adults. New England Journal of Medicine, 372, 2087 Medicine2096. http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1501184

Thesis, Presentation, Paper

a) Thesis

Yellow, E. (2008). Cultural identity and policy: Interculturalism in Mardin. (Unpublished PhD Thesis). Ankara University Institute of Social Sciences, Ankara.

b) Congress Presentation

Çepni, S., Bacanak, A. and Özsevgeç, T. (2001, June). The relation of science teacher candidates attitudes towards science branches and their success in science branches. Paper presented at the X. National Educational Sciences Congress, Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu



Tables and Figures:

Tables should be written on a separate page with single spacing. Each table should have a number and descriptive information on top. If abbreviations are included in the table, the expansions of these abbreviations should be placed under the table in the form of subtitles and in alphabetical order.

When using previously printed or electronically published tables, written permission must be obtained from both the author and the publisher, and this must be sent to the editor of the journal by fax or mail.

Transverse and longitudinal lines should not be used in the table, only straight lines should be drawn at the top and bottom.

The visuals and note examples in the articles should be numbered as Figure / Table 1.… with their short explanations centered. All images should be sent separately in JPG format with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi in order to avoid resolution problems in printing. Placements in the text can be changed according to the page layout when necessary.

Tables, graphics, figures and photographs should not be more than six, they should be placed on a separate page and their place in the text should be specified. Periods should not be used in arabic numbers and decimals.

Local ethics committee approval should be obtained for researches. In the manuscripts that report the results of the experimental studies, there should be a sentence indicating that the informed consent of the volunteer or the patients were taken after all the procedure(s) is fully described. In the case of such a study, the authors must accept internationally recognized guidelines and Turkish provisions of the regulations and also send the approval of the Ethics Committee from the institution. Studies on animals should be made clear of what has been done to prevent pain and discomfort.

Medical research involving human subjects must be conducted according to the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.

https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-declaration-of-helsinki-ethical-principles-for-medical-research-involving-human-subjects/

Submitted manuscripts should conform to the ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals.

http://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf

All papers reporting animal and/or human studies must state in the methods section that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board provided (or waived) approval.

All submissions must be accompanied by a title page.

Write the manuscript title.
Provide the full name and institution of the review committee, in addition to the approval number.
Include a statement to the editor that the paper being submitted has not been published, simultaneously submitted, or already accepted for publication elsewhere.
Include a statement that the manuscript has been read and approved by all the authors, that the requirements for authorship as stated earlier in this document have been met, and that each author believes that the manuscript represents honest work.
The author must declare that the manuscript, to the best of the author’s knowledge, does not infringe upon any copyright or property right of any third party.
Information on informed consent to report individual cases or case series should be included in the manuscript text. A statement is required regarding whether written informed consent for patient information and images to be published was provided by the patient(s) or a legally authorized representative. Please do not submit the patient’s actual written informed consent with your article, as this in itself breaches the patient’s confidentiality. The Journal requests that you confirm to us, in writing, that you have obtained written informed consent, but the written consent itself should be held by the authors/investigators themselves, for example, in a patient’s hospital record. The confirmatory letter may be uploaded with your submission as a separate file.

Please also refer to the ICMJE Recommendations for the Protection of Research Participants.

http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/protection-of-research-participants.html

All research involving animals submitted for publication must be approved by an ethics committee with oversight of the facility in which the studies were conducted. The journal has adopted the Consensus Author Guidelines on Animal Ethics and Welfare for Veterinary Journals published by the International Association of Veterinary Editors.

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