Background

Rapid growth of the integration of technology and psychotherapeutic interventions has been noted, but no clear quantification of this growth has been done.

Aims

This bibliometric analysis seeks to quantify the growth, trends, and applications of technology in psychotherapeutic interventions over the last 40 years.

Methods

Searches were conducted in the Web of Science (WOS) database for all existing technology-psychotherapy-related publications from 1981 to October 2020. Search terms were refined using a systematic screening strategy, based upon Cochrane protocol, generating 52 technology terms. Analyses across 40 years and by decade from 1981 to 2020 were conducted.

Results

A total of 13,934 peer-reviewed articles were identified. Yearly publication rate has increased from one in 1981 to 1902 by October 2020. The growth rate of publications across decades consistently tripled in size (762.50% from the 1980s to 1990s, 539.71% from the 1990s to 2000s, and 337.24% from the 2000s to 2010s). The author, country, journal, and institution with the most publications were Andersson, G., USA, Journal of Medical Internet Research, and Karolinska Institute, respectively. The most frequent technology search term across all four decades was “internet*.” The trends in percentages of peer-reviewed publications within each decade showed: 1) a declining trend for the term “computer,” 2) an upward trend for the combined terms, “internet,” “online,” and “web,” 3) and a steady but smaller proportion of publications for other terms (“cell phone,” “phone/telephone,” “technology,” “video,” “virtual reality or VR,” “apps,” “digital,” “machine learning,” “electronic,” “robo,” and “telehealth”).

Discussion

The rapid growth and trends identified in technology and psychotherapy publications can inform related policies addressing the role of technology in mental health. Moreover, pattern analyses may provide direction for a standard nomenclature to address terminology usage inconsistencies across the field.

中文翻译：

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技术和心理治疗干预：过去四十年的文献计量分析

 背景

人们注意到技术和心理治疗干预措施的结合迅速增长，但尚未对这种增长进行明确的量化。

 目标

该文献计量分析旨在量化过去 40 年来心理治疗干预技术的增长、趋势和应用。

 方法

在 Web of Science (WOS) 数据库中对 1981 年至 2020 年 10 月期间所有现有的技术与心理治疗相关出版物进行了搜索。使用基于 Cochrane 协议的系统筛选策略对搜索术语进行了细化，生成了 52 个技术术语。对 1981 年至 2020 年的 40 年和十年进行了分析。

 结果

总共确定了 13,934 篇同行评审文章。到 2020 年 10 月，年出版率从 1981 年的 1 篇增加到 1902 年的 1 篇。几十年来出版物规模的增长率持续增长两倍（20 世纪 80 年代到 1990 年代为 762.50%，2000 年代到 2000 年代为 539.71%，2000 年代到 2000 年代为 337.24%）。 2010 年代）。发表论文最多的作者、国家、期刊和机构分别是 Andersson, G., USA、Journal of Medical Internet Research 和 Karolinska Institute。过去四十年中最常见的技术搜索术语是“互联网*”。每个十年内同行评审出版物的百分比趋势显示：1）术语“计算机”呈下降趋势，2）组合术语“互联网”、“在线”和“网络”呈上升趋势，3 ）以及其他术语（“手机”、“电话/电话”、“技术”、“视频”、“虚拟现实或 VR”、“应用程序”、“数字”、“机器学习”）的出版物比例稳定但较小。 、”“电子”、“机器人”和“远程医疗”）。

 讨论

技术和心理治疗出版物中确定的快速增长和趋势可以为解决技术在心理健康中的作用的相关政策提供信息。此外，模式分析可以为标准命名法提供方向，以解决整个领域术语使用的不一致问题。