Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Academic journal

Psychotherapy and PsychosomaticsDiscipline| Psychosomatic medicine, Psychotherapy

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Language| English
Publication details

Former name(s)

Acta Psychotherapeutica et Psychosomatica

History| 1953–present
Publisher|

Karger Publishers (Switzerland)

Frequency| Bimonthly

Open access

| Hybrid

Impact factor

| 17.4 (2025)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt)
NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4| Psychother. Psychosom.
Indexing
CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt)
MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
CODEN| PSPSBF
ISSN| 0033-3190 (print)
1423-0348 (web)

Links

* Journal homepage
* Online access

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Karger Publishers.[1] It was established in 1953 under the name Acta Psychotherapeutica et Psychosomatica, obtaining its current name in 1965.[2]

## Scope

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Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics has anticipated and developed new lines of research concerned with psychosomatic medicine, psychotherapy research, and psychopharmacology. The journal provides a unique forum for current and controversial issues and innovations in assessment and treatment. It is also the home of cutting-edge thinking at the interface between medical and behavioral sciences, addressed to both practicing clinicians and researchers.

## Abstracting and indexing

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The journal is indexed in, but not limited to,:

* PubMed/MEDLINE
* Scopus
* Web of Science

## Editors-in-Chief

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Founders: Eugène Antoine Désiré Emile Carp and Barend Joseph Stokvis

Successors:

* Th. Spoerri (1964-1974)
* P.E. Sifneos (1974-1991)
* G.A. Fava (1992-2022)
* F. Cosci and J. Guidi (2022-2024)
* S. Zipfel (since 2025)

## Affiliated Societies

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Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics is the official journal of the International College of Psychosomatic Medicine[3] and the World Federation for Psychotherapy.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics". Karger. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
2. ^ "About Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics". Karger. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
3. ^ "ICPM journal". Karger. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
4. ^ "WFP journal". Karger. Retrieved 6 February 2025.

## External links

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* Official website
* ICPM
* WFP