Abstract: Objective To understand the emerging research spots and trend in the field of psychiatric rehabilitation from 2012 to 2022. Methods We retrieved the literatures about psychiatric rehabilitation from the databases of Web of Science from 2012 to 2022. The authors, institutions, and keywords of psychiatric rehabilitation research literatures were visualized and analyzed with CiteSpace. Results A total of 3045 articles were examined. The international research hotspots in the field of psychiatric rehabilitation focused on exploring the patient-centred model of psychiatric rehabilitation, such as community-based rehabilitation, occupational rehabilitation, and addressing the issue of stigma. Conclusion In order to promote the development of research in the field of psychiatric rehabilitation in China, in future, scholars can strengthen innovative research ideas and methods on the basis of learning from international research hotspots and research frontiers, and develop new areas of psychiatric rehabilitation.

Key words: psychiatric rehabilitation, visualization analysis, research spots, knowledge graph

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