About this journal

Please note that Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology converted to a full Open Access journal from Volume 44 (2023). Previous volumes will continue to provide access through a Pay to Read model.

The Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology was founded in 1982 in order to provide a scientific forum for obstetricians, gynecologists, psychiatrists and psychologists, academic health professionals as well as for all those who are interested in the psychosocial and psychosomatic aspects of women’s health. Another of its aims is to stimulate obstetricians and gynecologists to pay more attention to this very important facet of their profession.

The Journal is the official journal of the International Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ISPOG) and brings together information in the field of psychosomatic medicine related to obstetrics and gynecology. It covers the many disciplines involved such as gynecology, gynecological oncology, nursing and nurse midwifery, obstetrics, perinatology, psychiatry, psychology and reproductive endocrinology. It therefore publishes clinical and basic information of multidisciplinary interest.

The Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology is publishes original articles, review articles, opinions, short communications, letters to the editor, book reviews, and announcements.

This journal uses single-anonymized peer review.

Please note, from 2023 the Print ISSN is not in active use as this journal is no longer published in print.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:

Professor Julie Quinlivan - University of Notre Dame, Australia Institute for Health Research, Sydney, Australia
Mijke Lambregtse-van den Berg - Erasmus University Medical Center, Netherland

EDITORIAL BOARD:

Y. Benyamini -  Tel Aviv University, Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Israel
J. Bitzer - University of Basel,  Basel, Switzerland
C. Brezinka - Medizinische Universität Innsbruck,  Innsbruck, Austria
S. Brown – Murdoch Childrens Health Institute, Royal Childrens Hospital, Parkville, Australia
B. Chalmers -  University of Ottawa, Obstetrics and Gynaecology; and Ottawa Health Research Institute, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
D. da Costa - McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
R.J. Edelmann - Royal Surrey County Hospital,  London, UK
F. Facchinetti - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
J. Fisher - Monash University, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Melbourne, Australia
M. S. Hunter - Kings College London, Health Psychology, London, UK
H. Kentenich - Fertility Centre Berlin, Berlin, Germany
A.L.M. Lagro-Janssen - Radboud University Medical Centre,  Nijmegen, The Netherlands
C. Maggioni - Humanitas University,  Milan, Italy
L. McGowan - University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
D. Merari - Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
R. Petersen - Bendigo Health Service, Melbourne Australia
J. Rademakers – CAPHRI, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
M. Rauchfuss - Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin,  Berlin, Germany
B. Rizk - Elite IVF, Texas, US
T. Stacey - University of Leeds,  Leeds, UK
B. Strauss - Jena University Hospital,  Jena, Germany
H. W. van Lunsen - University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
K. Wijma - Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

News, offers and calls for papers

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology is the official journal of the International Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology. ISPOG is a lively, multidisciplinary, world-wide organization, where professionals working in the fields of obstetrics and gynaecology, midwifery, psychology and psychiatry, social work, general practice and other relevant disciplines meet. It is a platform for mutual understanding, science, and education. At the moment, 18 National Societies are member of ISPOG and several countries are working on raising their own National Society in order to join ISPOG.

Subscribe at reduced member fee

Members of an accredited ISPOG National Society are entitled to a special personal subscription to the electronic version of the journal at a discounted rate of £32/ €40/ US$52 plus VAT. This is for the calendar year volume (January – December), as well as back access to all previous volumes.

Please contact [email protected] or phone >+44 (0)207 017 05544 to subscribe. For subscribers in the USA, please contact [email protected] or phone >+1 215 625 8900 to subscribe. If sending an email, please include your full name and address, membership reference and the name of the journal.