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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.

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Pete Gianaros was President of the Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine from 2023-2024. This Scientific Spotlight highlights his research. doi.org/10.1097/PSY....

Cardiovascular Stress Physiology and... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

Objective:Individuals with a phenotypic tendency to react to acute psychological stressors with large and prolonged rises in blood pressure...

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

New open access article, Cardiovascular Stress Physiology and Interoceptive Pathways to Brain Aging and Health. A Scienitifc Spotlight article from Peter Gianaros, Dept. of Psychology & Center for Mind-Body Science and Health, Univ. of Pittsburgh doi.org/10.1097/PSY.... @connectsbsm.bsky.social

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Deadline Sept. 8!

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Learn more about the benefits of submitting your work to BSAM: journals.lww.com/bsam/Pages/W...

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Interested in participating in an author interview? When your paper is accepted at BSAM, you have the option to indicate that you are interested in an author interview to highlight the research. Our editorial team will coordinate to create an accessible (and free) video summarizing your paper.

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Intergenerational stress processes are complex and require robust research to examine hypothesized mechanisms - we applaud this research team for their thorough measurement of child mental health across parent, child, and behavioral task indicated reports!

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This clip comes from our new author interview series where @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social, Digital Editor for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine, spoke with @alliesullivan.bsky.social about this new paper. Watch the whole interview here: tinyurl.com/BSAMASI Read the full paper: tinyurl.com/BSAMpcrh

Author Interview

In this new author interview series, Ryan Brown, Digital Editor for <em>Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine</em>, welcomes Alexandra Sullivan to discuss her new article, "Pregnancy Hormones and Offspring Psychiatric Problems: Testing Associations Between Placental Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone and Children’s Age 8 Internalizing Outcomes." The article is published in the June 2026 issue of the journal.

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

In this clip, lead author @alliesullivan.bsky.social spoke with @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social on key takeaways from investigating placental corticotropin-releasing hormone (pCRH) as a possible factor explaining intergenerational stress effects on children's mental health in 838 mother-child dyads.

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Please share this extended call widely in your networks! This Special Issue aims to advance research culture within health psychology and behavioral medicine by emphasizing openness, transparency, reproducibility, and replicability by sharing study protocols & detailing openly available datasets.

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🟢 UPDATE: Deadline extended for manuscript submissions for a Special Issue on Protocols and Data Notes in Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology - now due July 1. Updated call and full details: journals.lww.com/bsam/Documen...

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Suzanne Segerstrom @segerstrom.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Missed the deadline for the @bsamjournal.bsky.social special issue on protocols and data notes? Good news! We have extended the deadline to July 1. Looking forward to reading your submissions. With @daryloconnor.bsky.social Call for papers, with new deadline: journals.lww.com/bsam/Documen...

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

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:

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

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.

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Exploratory analyses also pointed to sexual abuse as being more strongly associated with impairments in these fear/safety distinctions compared to other early abuse exposures.

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Broadly, "[their] findings suggest that individuals exposed to abuse in childhood display impairment in discerning nonthreatening stimuli from threatening stimuli in their environment in adulthood."

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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!:

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Ryan L. Brown @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

🗣 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 Sign up here: www.stressmeasurement.org/event-detail... #psychscisky #healthpsych #affectsci

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

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This is an image of the call for submissions to a special issue of Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine. The special issue is titled: Protocols and Data Notes in Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology. The Editors for the special issue are Daryl O'Connor and Suzanne Segerstrom. The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2026.

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

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.

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

There were also important differences in the magnitude of the discrimination-inflammation association based on the type of discrimination measured, the specific inflammatory marker, and methodological features. Many important future directions in this space!

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

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...

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

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...

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PNIRS @pnirs.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

📣 #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 🙏🏼

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

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...

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

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):

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Kudos to the authors for this work!: Tara Petzke, Ferenc Köteles, Omer Van den Bergh, and @michaelwitthoeft.bsky.social

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

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

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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!

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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 ...

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

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

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

The research team also highlighted the need for more studies like this in rural areas because research focused on vigilance among African Americans is heavily drawing from urban areas and the social context may affect stress-related psychological and physiological processes.

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

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

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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...

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

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

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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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Ryan L. Brown @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

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.

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

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

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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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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

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...

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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...

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

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...

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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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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

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

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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,...

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

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

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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,...

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

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:

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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. ...

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

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...

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Article Summaries for July/August 2025 Biopsychosocial... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

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Ryan L. Brown @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

🚨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:

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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Join @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social, David Creswell, and A. Janet Tomiyama on July 23 for a new webinar! Learn more about what distinguishes toxic stress from manageable challenges, how #stress manifests differently across cultures & life stages, and which interventions are backed by evidence.

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

This issue welcomes submissions of manuscripts on ANY topic in health psychology & behavioral medicine that: (1) describe the protocol of a proposed study, systematic review/meta-analysis, or ongoing longitudinal research (Protocol) (2) describe an openly available dataset (Data Note) Due: 6.1.26

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

🚨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:

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Suzanne Segerstrom @segerstrom.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

➡️Special issue for protocols and data notes at @bsamjournal.bsky.social - any area of health psychology/behavioral medicine welcome! If a protocol was peer reviewed by a funder, it may be eligible for rapid review 👀 Accepting submissions through 6/1/2026. Details: journals.lww.com/bsam/Documen...

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Have you checked out the overview of articles in the June issue of BSAM? Read here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...

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