Zale Arya, Lasecke Meagan, Baeza-Hernandez Katerina, Testerman Alanna, Aghakhani Shirin, Muñoz Ricardo F, Bunge Eduardo L
Department of Psychology, Palo Alto University, United States.
Institute for International Internet Interventions for Health, Palo Alto University, United States.
Internet Interv. 2021 Jul 9;25:100425. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2021.100425. eCollection 2021 Sep.
Rapid growth of the integration of technology and psychotherapeutic interventions has been noted, but no clear quantification of this growth has been done.
This bibliometric analysis seeks to quantify the growth, trends, and applications of technology in psychotherapeutic interventions over the last 40 years.
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.
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").
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.
技术与心理治疗干预相结合的发展迅速，但尚未对这种增长进行明确的量化。
这项文献计量分析旨在量化过去40年中技术在心理治疗干预中的增长、趋势及应用情况。
在科学网（WOS）数据库中搜索1981年至2020年10月期间所有与技术-心理治疗相关的现有出版物。根据Cochrane协议，采用系统筛选策略对检索词进行优化，生成了52个技术术语。对1981年至2020年的40年及按十年进行了分析。
共识别出13934篇同行评议文章。年发表率从1981年的1篇增加到2020年10月的1902篇。各十年间出版物的增长率持续增长，规模扩大了两倍（从20世纪80年代到90年代增长762.50%，从90年代到21世纪初增长539.71%，从21世纪初到2010年代增长337.24%）。发表文章最多的作者、国家、期刊和机构分别是安德松（G. Andersson）、美国、《医学互联网研究杂志》和卡罗林斯卡学院。在所有四个十年中最常出现的技术检索词是“internet*”。每个十年内同行评议出版物的百分比趋势显示：1）“计算机”一词呈下降趋势；2）“互联网”“在线”和“网络”等组合词呈上升趋势；3）其他术语（“手机”“电话”“技术”“视频”“虚拟现实或VR”“应用程序”“数字”“机器学习”“电子”“机器人”和“远程医疗”）的出版物比例稳定但较小。
技术与心理治疗出版物中确定的快速增长和趋势可为解决技术在心理健康中作用的相关政策提供参考。此外，模式分析可为解决该领域术语使用不一致问题的标准术语表提供方向。
