Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics


Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Karger Publishers. It was established in 1953 by Berthold Barend Stokvis under the name Acta Psychotherapeutica et Psychosomatica, obtaining its current name in 1965. The journal covers research concerned with psychosomatic medicine, psychotherapy, and psychopharmacology. It is the official journal of the International College of Psychosomatic Medicine and the World Federation for Psychotherapy.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of x.x.

Editors-in-chief

The founding editors-in-chief were Berthold Barend Stokvis, later Eugène Antoine Désiré Emile Carp and Barend Joseph Stokvis. They were succeeded by:
  • Th. Spoerri
  • P.E. Sifneos
  • G.A. Fava
  • F. Cosci and J. Guidi
  • S. Zipfel