Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

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]

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Discipline	Psychosomatic medicine, Psychotherapy
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	16.3 (2023)
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

Scope

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

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

• PubMed/MEDLINE
• Scopus
• Web of Science

Editors-in-Chief

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)

Affiliated Societies

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