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Bernal Zuluaga, H. A. (2025). Presentation. Poiésis, (48), 9-11. https://doi.org/10.21501/16920945.5236

Welcome to the 48th edition of Poiésis.

Dear readers, we are pleased to announce that we are celebrating our silver jubilee, a milestone for those who have been with the journal since its first issues. It is an honor for me to commemorate this anniversary of Poiésis, the digital journal of the Psychology program of the Catholic University Luis Amigó: 25 years of continuous publications on the web! A quarter of a century dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge, critical reflection and enriching dialogue in the vast and fascinating field of psychology.

Since its inception, Poiésis has been a tool to guide students, practitioners and researchers, providing them with a space to share research, academic essays, literature reviews and in-depth analyses on the different dimensions of the human mind and its behavior. Throughout these years, the journal has grown and established itself as an academic reference. Each published issue reflects the commitment of our community to research and critical thinking in psychology, addressing fundamental topics such as mental health, human development, social, clinical, educational, sports, environmental and organizational psychology, always from an ethical and critical perspective.

Today, as we celebrate our silver anniversary, we reaffirm our commitment to continue being an open, innovative, and high-quality platform. We look to the future with the same passion that inspired us 25 years ago, ready to keep exploring the frontiers of psychological knowledge and contributing to societal well-being.

This issue’s editorial was written by the former director of the Psychology program until last year, specialist Luis Hernán Saldarriaga. It is the speech he presented for the 25th anniversary of the Psychology program of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Health and Welfare of the Catholic University Luis Amigó.

In the Local Contributors section, we feature eight articles. The first is a reflective piece on the journey of the Research Group on Drug Dependence and Other Addictions at Universidad Católica Luis Amigó, which was founded in 1999. The group initially focused on drug dependence and related issues. The article is titled “Investigative aspects after 40 years of the Universidad Católica Luis Amigó. The experience of the Research Group in Drug Dependence and other Addictions” The second article, titled “From the cartesian method: from complex to systemic thinking. Toward a psychosocial perspective”, explores the work of French philosopher Edgar Morin, particularly his concept of “complex-systemic thinking.” The article follows three key stages: complex thought, systemic thinking, and scientific ideality.

The third article in this section is titled “Echoes of love and sex: bond between sexual intercourse and love in couple relationships. Challenges, obscurities, complicities” This piece aims to understand the connections between sexual activity and love in romantic relationships among adults aged 20 to 40, viewing love and sex as affective experiences fundamental to the human condition. The fourth article discusses psychology’s contribution to addressing the global climate crisis, analyzing how its impacts—such as extreme weather and environmental disruptions—can affect mental health by generating stress and anxiety. It is titled “The role of psychology in mitigating and adapting to climate change”.

The fifth article explores a research area that links masculinity to well-being. It provides a critical review of studies on mental health and support processes for men. Its title is “Male mental health care: a narrative and critical review of scientific literature”. The sixth article is titled “The constant connection: contemporary existential bond of adolescents”. It explores how today’s hyperconnectivity can lead to existential crises in adolescents. The article analyzes how constant online interaction shapes their personal development and worldview, with a focus on how connectivity influences identity and relationships.

In the seventh article, the authors reflect from the perspective of the Psychology program at Universidad Católica Luis Amigó to lay the groundwork for certain psychosocial approaches that informed the planning and preparation of the 8th International Psychology Congress of the FIUC. It is titled “Psychology and psychosocial: understanding in context”. The final article in this section is titled “Neuropsychological rehabilitation of language on functional skills in a patient with aphasia”, the authors conduct a study on stroke (cerebrovascular accident), a sudden neurological condition—classified as either ischemic or hemorrhagic—that is the second leading cause of death globally (11%) and leaves nearly 10 million people with disabilities. One of the cognitive sequelae of stroke is aphasia, an acquired language disorder caused by brain damage, which differs from developmental language disorders or speech motor impairments.

Finally, in our Essay Reading section, we find an article by one of the students who participated in the “Essay Reading”, within the framework of the Academic Day of the Faculty; it is entitled “Bodies: corporeal vicissitudes in the hypermodernity. A psychoanalytical perspective”. In it, the author argues the idea that the body, not the one that is naively assumed as the totality of our existence, but the one that generates the deepest strangeness in the acts we carry out every day, is a gift of language. It was Freud who, through hysterical symptoms, recognized a body that fails medical knowledge about it; it was Freud who discovered a body that inhabits language.

Happy 25th anniversary, Poiésis! May they continue to be many more