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GMS Psycho-Social-Medicine

Corporate journal of German scientific societies in psychosocial medicine

ISSN 1860-5214

Welcome

GMS Psycho-Social-Medicine (P-S-M) is an open access e-journal, which publishes articles from the whole area of psychosocial research in medicine. It is edited on an interdisciplinary level by eleven German scientific societies from the areas of behavioral medicine, medical psychology and sociology, psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, and psychotherapy. p-s-m offers all scientists from the field of psychosocial medicine the possibility to publish their research online. Only high-ranking and quality reviewed articles are accepted for publication.

All accepted articles are published in English. They are available online for anyone interested: immediately, permanently and free of charge.

New manuscripts may be submitted via the Manuscript Operating System (MOPS) of GMS. Please consult the authors' guidelines first.


Recent Publications
GMS Psycho-Social-Medicine Volume 6

Research Article

Is worry different from rumination? Yes, it is more predictive of psychopathology!

Hoyer J, Gloster AT, Herzberg PY
GMS Psychosoc Med 2009; 6:Doc06 (20091105)
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Research Article

Development of a patient decision aid for prevention of myocardial infarction in type 2 diabetes – rationale, design and pilot testing

Lenz M, Kasper J, Mühlhauser I
GMS Psychosoc Med 2009; 6:Doc05 (20091019)
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Research Article

Recording of dissimulation and denial in the context of the psychosomatic evaluation at living kidney transplantation using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

Wutzler U, Venner M, Villmann T, Decker O, Ott U, Steiner T, Gumz A
GMS Psychosoc Med 2009; 6:Doc04 (20091013)
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Research Article

Inpatient or day clinic treatment? Results of a multi-site-study

Zeeck A, von Wietersheim J, Hartmann A, Einsele S, Weiss H, Sammet I, Gaus E, Semm E, Harms D, Eisenberg A, Rahm R, Küchenhoff J
GMS Psychosoc Med 2009; 6:Doc03 (20091013)
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Research Article

Screening for Generalized Anxiety Disorder in inpatient psychosomatic rehabilitation: pathological worry and the impact of depressive symptoms

Salzer S, Stiller C, Tacke-Pook A, Jacobi C, Leibing E
GMS Psychosoc Med 2009; 6:Doc02 (20090709)
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Research Article

Are fear-avoidance beliefs in low back pain patients a risk factor for low physical activity or vice versa? A cross-lagged panel analysis

Leonhardt C, Lehr D, Chenot JF, Keller S, Luckmann J, Basler HD, Baum E, Donner-Banzhoff N, Pfingsten M, Hildebrandt J, Kochen MM, Becker A
GMS Psychosoc Med 2009; 6:Doc01 (20090429)
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