The Journal

The Journal of Psychosocial Systems (JPS) publishes original articles, reviews, case reports, educational contributions, and scholarly perspectives on the application of systems thinking to somatic and psychological health, as well as interventions designed to assess, improve, or restore health within psychosocial systems.

Contemporary biomedical knowledge, therapeutic practices in medicine and psychology, and the humanities are converging to reconceptualize the somato-psychic unity of the person within relational and biographical contexts, grounded in evidence-based research. Physicians, psychologists, and social workers increasingly recognize that health and illness manifest contextually across bodily, mental, and interpersonal dimensions of human experience. These dimensions are intrinsically interconnected, enabling the development of integrative models that illuminate the processes promoting health or precipitating suffering from a biopsychosocial perspective.

The Journal of Psychosocial Systems advances the study and dissemination of systems thinking across medicine, psychology, and the social sciences. The journal welcomes manuscripts that adopt an integrated approach to health and illness, particularly those addressing clinical phenomena encompassing biological, psychological, and social dimensions. Each issue features critical reflections on seminal and classical contributions to this field, and includes a dedicated section for clinical case reports that stimulate scholarly discourse on the unity of the person within their lived context. Additionally, the journal features a section highlighting educational initiatives that cultivate knowledge and practical competencies supporting the integration of biomedical and human sciences.

The journal serves a dual readership: health professionals seeking to enhance their diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities through empirically validated approaches, and broader audiences interested in research that expands understanding of integrated health practices. While the journal's title reflects its commitment to the systemic-relational model for understanding the complex phenomenology between health and illness across the life cycle of individuals and communities, it remains open to publishing articles informed by alternative theoretical frameworks that contribute to a unified, evidence-based understanding of these phenomena, free from unfounded beliefs and dogmatic biases.

The journal encourages authors to employ accessible language to engage university students, who represent both current readers and future contributors to the field.

The views expressed by authors do not necessarily reflect the positions of the Editor, Publisher, or sponsoring institutions and contributors to this publication.