Tendencias de los artículos en psicologia clínica en Iberoamérica

Abstract

Tendencies of clinical psychology scientific articles were analyzed in Iberoamerica, based upon the number of articles that could be recovered by the systems REDALYC and PSICODOC in the areas of Psychopathology, Psychological Evaluation, Psychological Diagnostic, Psychologist's Formation, Therapeutic Model and Psychotherapy, all published among 2003-2007. For the areas of Psychopathology and Therapeutic model were delineated additionally other key words for a more comprehensive analysis. The search was carried out in the field "Summarize" ("Psychology" as knowledge area) and "Advanced search", respectively. The indicator shows a visible interest for the topics Psychopathology, Psychotherapy and Psychological Evaluation and lower internet with regard to Psychologist's Formation and Psychological Evaluation. Anxiety is observed as the topic of more interest in psychopathology, while cognitive and behavioral therapy were notable in psychotherapy. Other tendencies were outlined based in the same indicator. Copyright 2008 by Sociedad Chilena de Psicología Clínica.