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

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!

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

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

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 1d

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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PNIRS @pnirs.bsky.social · 1d

📣 #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 · 1d

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 · 12d

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 · 14d

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

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 14d

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 · 28d

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!

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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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · Sep 3

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 · Aug 27

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.

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

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

Vigilance and Systemic Inflammation Among Middle-Aged to... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

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

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

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 · Aug 19

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.

The Kinsey Institute @kinseyinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 19

Have you signed up to attend our sex & #aging symposium yet? Learn about new research areas such as strategies for improving #menopause care, addressing age-related stigma, & understanding physical changes.

⚠️ Register by Sept 22 (in person) or 30 (virtual) at knsy.in/aging2025

Kinsey Institute Research Symposium: Sex and Aging

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

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

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 · Aug 16

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

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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 · Aug 16

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...

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 · Aug 12

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

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

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

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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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · Aug 7

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:

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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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · Jul 31

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...

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

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Ryan L. Brown @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social · Jul 31

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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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · Jul 7

🚨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 · Jul 18

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.

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · Jul 7

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

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