Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!)
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Published since 1939, Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine is the official peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine.
The journal changed its name from Psychosomatic Medicine.
The journal changed its name from Psychosomatic Medicine.
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New year, new name, same journal! Psychosomatic Medicine is now Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine.
The inaugural issue with this title has two important letters describing the context of the decision to update the journal's name....🧵
The inaugural issue with this title has two important letters describing the context of the decision to update the journal's name....🧵
How is childhood trauma linked with cardiovascular responses to stress among survivors of myocardial infarction?
This question was examined in a sample of nearly 500 participants to better understand racial disparities in stress physiology related to childhood trauma.
Free to read for the week:
This question was examined in a sample of nearly 500 participants to better understand racial disparities in stress physiology related to childhood trauma.
Free to read for the week:
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October 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
How is childhood trauma linked with cardiovascular responses to stress among survivors of myocardial infarction?
This question was examined in a sample of nearly 500 participants to better understand racial disparities in stress physiology related to childhood trauma.
Free to read for the week:
This question was examined in a sample of nearly 500 participants to better understand racial disparities in stress physiology related to childhood trauma.
Free to read for the week:
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BSAM is welcoming submissions on any area of health psychology/behavioral medicine for a special issue for protocols and data notes! Goal is to support open/transparent research culture. Accepting submissions through 6/1/2026.
October 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
BSAM is welcoming submissions on any area of health psychology/behavioral medicine for a special issue for protocols and data notes! Goal is to support open/transparent research culture. Accepting submissions through 6/1/2026.
How may abuse in childhood contribute to an elevated risk for such a wide range of maladaptive health outcomes in adulthood?
This study focused on impairments in fear learning processes (i.e., discerning between fear and safety signals in one’s environment). #psychscisky
Free to read this week!:
This study focused on impairments in fear learning processes (i.e., discerning between fear and safety signals in one’s environment). #psychscisky
Free to read this week!:
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October 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
How may abuse in childhood contribute to an elevated risk for such a wide range of maladaptive health outcomes in adulthood?
This study focused on impairments in fear learning processes (i.e., discerning between fear and safety signals in one’s environment). #psychscisky
Free to read this week!:
This study focused on impairments in fear learning processes (i.e., discerning between fear and safety signals in one’s environment). #psychscisky
Free to read this week!:
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🗣 Join the Stress Measurement Network for a webinar digging into "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬"
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Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM PDT
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Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM PDT
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October 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🗣 Join the Stress Measurement Network for a webinar digging into "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬"
Date: November 7, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM PDT
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#psychscisky #healthpsych #affectsci
Date: November 7, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM PDT
Sign up here: www.stressmeasurement.org/event-detail...
#psychscisky #healthpsych #affectsci
BSAM is welcoming submissions on any area of health psychology/behavioral medicine for a special issue for protocols and data notes! Goal is to support open/transparent research culture. Accepting submissions through 6/1/2026.
October 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
BSAM is welcoming submissions on any area of health psychology/behavioral medicine for a special issue for protocols and data notes! Goal is to support open/transparent research culture. Accepting submissions through 6/1/2026.
In a recent meta-analysis and systematic review, Cardenas et al., (2025) found that greater discrimination was associated with higher levels of systemic inflammation based on 161 effect sizes from 47 articles representing ∼74,763 participants
Free to read this week: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
Free to read this week: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
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October 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In a recent meta-analysis and systematic review, Cardenas et al., (2025) found that greater discrimination was associated with higher levels of systemic inflammation based on 161 effect sizes from 47 articles representing ∼74,763 participants
Free to read this week: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
Free to read this week: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
The October issue of BSAM covers topics spanning discrimination, neighborhood opportunities, fear learning processes, with implications for cardiovascular reactivity, biological aging, among others.
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Read more: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
October 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The October issue of BSAM covers topics spanning discrimination, neighborhood opportunities, fear learning processes, with implications for cardiovascular reactivity, biological aging, among others.
Read more: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
Read more: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
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📣 #PNIRS2026: Save the Date‼️
🗓️ June 22–25, 2026
📍 New Orleans, Louisiana 🇺🇸
✨ Whether your PsychoNeuroImmunology research emphasizes the P, N, or I — we look forward to seeing your work and connecting in The Big Easy!
📻 Stay tuned for more info re: call for abstracts. Please spread the word 🙏🏼
🗓️ June 22–25, 2026
📍 New Orleans, Louisiana 🇺🇸
✨ Whether your PsychoNeuroImmunology research emphasizes the P, N, or I — we look forward to seeing your work and connecting in The Big Easy!
📻 Stay tuned for more info re: call for abstracts. Please spread the word 🙏🏼
October 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
📣 #PNIRS2026: Save the Date‼️
🗓️ June 22–25, 2026
📍 New Orleans, Louisiana 🇺🇸
✨ Whether your PsychoNeuroImmunology research emphasizes the P, N, or I — we look forward to seeing your work and connecting in The Big Easy!
📻 Stay tuned for more info re: call for abstracts. Please spread the word 🙏🏼
🗓️ June 22–25, 2026
📍 New Orleans, Louisiana 🇺🇸
✨ Whether your PsychoNeuroImmunology research emphasizes the P, N, or I — we look forward to seeing your work and connecting in The Big Easy!
📻 Stay tuned for more info re: call for abstracts. Please spread the word 🙏🏼
Does a negative itch expectancy manipulation (via verbal suggestions and conditioning) lead to more costly itch-related avoidance behavior?
You can learn more from this Open Access paper published in BSAM: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
You can learn more from this Open Access paper published in BSAM: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
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October 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Does a negative itch expectancy manipulation (via verbal suggestions and conditioning) lead to more costly itch-related avoidance behavior?
You can learn more from this Open Access paper published in BSAM: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
You can learn more from this Open Access paper published in BSAM: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
Does the type of acute psychological stress (active versus passive) hold implications for stress-induced changes in proportions of monocyte subsets?
Evidence from this study of young, healthy adults suggests that it does! Read more in BSAM (free through the 29th):
Evidence from this study of young, healthy adults suggests that it does! Read more in BSAM (free through the 29th):
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September 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Does the type of acute psychological stress (active versus passive) hold implications for stress-induced changes in proportions of monocyte subsets?
Evidence from this study of young, healthy adults suggests that it does! Read more in BSAM (free through the 29th):
Evidence from this study of young, healthy adults suggests that it does! Read more in BSAM (free through the 29th):
How temporally stable are somatic symptoms induced by a commonly used experimental paradigm? And do they predict somatic symptom distress over time?
These questions were addressed in an Open Access study of participants who completed the Affect and Symptom Paradigm 18 months apart. #PsychSciSky
These questions were addressed in an Open Access study of participants who completed the Affect and Symptom Paradigm 18 months apart. #PsychSciSky
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September 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
How temporally stable are somatic symptoms induced by a commonly used experimental paradigm? And do they predict somatic symptom distress over time?
These questions were addressed in an Open Access study of participants who completed the Affect and Symptom Paradigm 18 months apart. #PsychSciSky
These questions were addressed in an Open Access study of participants who completed the Affect and Symptom Paradigm 18 months apart. #PsychSciSky
New in BSAM - Asthma: Biomedical and Psychobiological Perspectives
This review combines a recognition of societal factors that worsen & consolidate disparities in asthma outcomes + explores mechanisms to support resilience in asthma patients from disadvantaged communities.
Free for the week!
This review combines a recognition of societal factors that worsen & consolidate disparities in asthma outcomes + explores mechanisms to support resilience in asthma patients from disadvantaged communities.
Free for the week!
Asthma: Biomedical and Psychobiological Perspectives : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
ade in identifying mechanical, cellular and molecular mechanisms of asthma and influences of psychosocial factors on development, pathophysiology, and management have been demonstrated. However, much ...
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September 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
New in BSAM - Asthma: Biomedical and Psychobiological Perspectives
This review combines a recognition of societal factors that worsen & consolidate disparities in asthma outcomes + explores mechanisms to support resilience in asthma patients from disadvantaged communities.
Free for the week!
This review combines a recognition of societal factors that worsen & consolidate disparities in asthma outcomes + explores mechanisms to support resilience in asthma patients from disadvantaged communities.
Free for the week!
The September issue of BSAM is available now!
Check out a summary of papers in this issue here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
#psychscisky #affectsci #healthpsych
Check out a summary of papers in this issue here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
#psychscisky #affectsci #healthpsych
Article Summaries for September 2025 Biopsychosocial... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
An abstract is unavailable.
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September 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The September issue of BSAM is available now!
Check out a summary of papers in this issue here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
#psychscisky #affectsci #healthpsych
Check out a summary of papers in this issue here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
#psychscisky #affectsci #healthpsych
Elevated systemic inflammation (CRP) is one pathway through which heightened vigilance may contribute to CVD risk for African Americans adults.
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#disparities #psychscisky #healthpsych #healthdisparities #affectivescience
Free to read for the week: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
#disparities #psychscisky #healthpsych #healthdisparities #affectivescience
Vigilance and Systemic Inflammation Among Middle-Aged to... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
, threats related to discrimination), has previously been linked to markers of CVD risk among African Americans. However, the link between vigilance and inflammation remains underexplored in this popu...
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August 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Elevated systemic inflammation (CRP) is one pathway through which heightened vigilance may contribute to CVD risk for African Americans adults.
Free to read for the week: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
#disparities #psychscisky #healthpsych #healthdisparities #affectivescience
Free to read for the week: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
#disparities #psychscisky #healthpsych #healthdisparities #affectivescience
Among people diagnosed with lung cancer, how does the co-occurrence of depression and systemic inflammation at diagnosis link with trajectories of depressive symptoms in the next 8 months?
Read this new research for free through August 28th!:
#cancer #healthpsychology #PNI #oncology #depression
Read this new research for free through August 28th!:
#cancer #healthpsychology #PNI #oncology #depression
Depression and Inflammation Predict Depression Trajectory... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
depression and systemic inflammation predicts a worsened trajectory of depressive symptoms from diagnosis through 8 months.
Methods:
An observational longitudinal cohort design was used (ClinicalTr...
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August 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Among people diagnosed with lung cancer, how does the co-occurrence of depression and systemic inflammation at diagnosis link with trajectories of depressive symptoms in the next 8 months?
Read this new research for free through August 28th!:
#cancer #healthpsychology #PNI #oncology #depression
Read this new research for free through August 28th!:
#cancer #healthpsychology #PNI #oncology #depression
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What an incredible opportunity to learn about critical topics in sex and aging from The Kinsey Institute! Only $25 to attend online!
Greatly appreciate the focus on menopause, social and structural factors that shape our sexual lives, LGBTQ+ aging, vulvovaginal health, and sexual well-being.
Greatly appreciate the focus on menopause, social and structural factors that shape our sexual lives, LGBTQ+ aging, vulvovaginal health, and sexual well-being.
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Saturday, October 4, 2025 8:00am – 5:00pm In-person and Online Join leading researchers and clinical experts for insightful discussions...
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August 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
What an incredible opportunity to learn about critical topics in sex and aging from The Kinsey Institute! Only $25 to attend online!
Greatly appreciate the focus on menopause, social and structural factors that shape our sexual lives, LGBTQ+ aging, vulvovaginal health, and sexual well-being.
Greatly appreciate the focus on menopause, social and structural factors that shape our sexual lives, LGBTQ+ aging, vulvovaginal health, and sexual well-being.
Do late adolescents and emerging adults who live in a communities with higher violent crime rates exhibit altered reward-related neural activation? This question was recently investigated in a sample of 101 adolescents.
Read more in BSAM, free for the week!
#healthpsych #psychscicky
Read more in BSAM, free for the week!
#healthpsych #psychscicky
Residence in Communities With Higher Violent Crimes... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
dequately understood. Furthermore, most of the adversity literature examines individual-level exposure (eg, crime victimization), whereas efforts to consider neighborhood-level factors (eg, neighborho...
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August 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Do late adolescents and emerging adults who live in a communities with higher violent crime rates exhibit altered reward-related neural activation? This question was recently investigated in a sample of 101 adolescents.
Read more in BSAM, free for the week!
#healthpsych #psychscicky
Read more in BSAM, free for the week!
#healthpsych #psychscicky
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In students’ first year of college, how do first-generation status and financial stress influence changes in inflammation and depressive symptoms? You can read this new research published in BSAM for free through August 21st! #disparities #psychscisky
Read here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
Read here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
The Influence of Financial Stress and First-generation... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
ssive symptoms across the first year of college.
Methods:
At the beginning and end of the academic year, a sample of N=198 first-year college students (Mage=18.1 y) provided dried blood spot sample...
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August 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In students’ first year of college, how do first-generation status and financial stress influence changes in inflammation and depressive symptoms? You can read this new research published in BSAM for free through August 21st! #disparities #psychscisky
Read here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
Read here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
In students’ first year of college, how do first-generation status and financial stress influence changes in inflammation and depressive symptoms? You can read this new research published in BSAM for free through August 21st! #disparities #psychscisky
Read here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
Read here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
The Influence of Financial Stress and First-generation... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
ssive symptoms across the first year of college.
Methods:
At the beginning and end of the academic year, a sample of N=198 first-year college students (Mage=18.1 y) provided dried blood spot sample...
journals.lww.com
August 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In students’ first year of college, how do first-generation status and financial stress influence changes in inflammation and depressive symptoms? You can read this new research published in BSAM for free through August 21st! #disparities #psychscisky
Read here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
Read here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
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Chronic pain can affect a person's social relationships, but is one's empathic capacity disrupted when experiencing chronic pain? This topic was explored in a recent systematic review and meta-analysis published in BSAM.
Free to read for the next week! #chronicpain #healthpsych
Free to read for the next week! #chronicpain #healthpsych
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cognitive and... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
srupted in people with CP.
Methods:
A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted following PRISMA guidelines. PsycINFO, CINAHL Complete, MEDLINE Complete, and Scopus were searched on May 14,...
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August 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Chronic pain can affect a person's social relationships, but is one's empathic capacity disrupted when experiencing chronic pain? This topic was explored in a recent systematic review and meta-analysis published in BSAM.
Free to read for the next week! #chronicpain #healthpsych
Free to read for the next week! #chronicpain #healthpsych
Chronic pain can affect a person's social relationships, but is one's empathic capacity disrupted when experiencing chronic pain? This topic was explored in a recent systematic review and meta-analysis published in BSAM.
Free to read for the next week! #chronicpain #healthpsych
Free to read for the next week! #chronicpain #healthpsych
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cognitive and... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
srupted in people with CP.
Methods:
A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted following PRISMA guidelines. PsycINFO, CINAHL Complete, MEDLINE Complete, and Scopus were searched on May 14,...
journals.lww.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Chronic pain can affect a person's social relationships, but is one's empathic capacity disrupted when experiencing chronic pain? This topic was explored in a recent systematic review and meta-analysis published in BSAM.
Free to read for the next week! #chronicpain #healthpsych
Free to read for the next week! #chronicpain #healthpsych
In this month's issue of BSAM, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh investigated links between dietary intake of antioxidant nutrients and a structural neuroimaging indicator of brain age in midlife adults. #nutrition #brainaging
You can read the results in their open-access paper here:
You can read the results in their open-access paper here:
Circulating Antioxidant Nutrients and Brain Age in Midlife... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
ine. What is unclear, however, is the extent to which antioxidant nutrients may exert neuroprotective effects through their influence on established indicators of age-related changes in brain tissue. ...
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August 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In this month's issue of BSAM, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh investigated links between dietary intake of antioxidant nutrients and a structural neuroimaging indicator of brain age in midlife adults. #nutrition #brainaging
You can read the results in their open-access paper here:
You can read the results in their open-access paper here:
Have you read the research from the latest issue of Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine?
You can check out brief article summaries here!: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
You can check out brief article summaries here!: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
Article Summaries for July/August 2025 Biopsychosocial... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
An abstract is unavailable.
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July 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Have you read the research from the latest issue of Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine?
You can check out brief article summaries here!: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
You can check out brief article summaries here!: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
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July 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
My dept (HDFS) at Texas Tech is hiring an Assistant Professor who studies family science and health, broadly defined to include physical health, mental health, community health, and relational health, including romantic and intergenerational relationships. Plz share widely! #healthpsych
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🚨Calling all health psychologists!
Submit to the Special Issue of BSAM on Protocols & Data Notes in Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology + share this call widely to support a more open & transparent culture aimed at improving the rigor & reproducibility of our research!
Call for submissions:
Submit to the Special Issue of BSAM on Protocols & Data Notes in Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology + share this call widely to support a more open & transparent culture aimed at improving the rigor & reproducibility of our research!
Call for submissions:
July 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
🚨Calling all health psychologists!
Submit to the Special Issue of BSAM on Protocols & Data Notes in Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology + share this call widely to support a more open & transparent culture aimed at improving the rigor & reproducibility of our research!
Call for submissions:
Submit to the Special Issue of BSAM on Protocols & Data Notes in Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology + share this call widely to support a more open & transparent culture aimed at improving the rigor & reproducibility of our research!
Call for submissions: