Un análisis bibliométrico de los trabajos libres de psiquiatría presentados a congresos de la Sociedad Chilena de Neurología, Psiquiatría y Neurocirugía entre 2000 y 2009

introduction: bibliometry is the discipline that measures the bibliographic production in a given scientific area; in chile there are few studies documenting the themes and trends in mental health research. method: a quantitative analysis is performed of the 992 papers published in the abstracts book in the sonepsyn meetings between 2000 and 2009. the most productive groups are mentioned, and a classification of main research themes according to the index of the tratado de psiquiatría edited by heerlein et al. results: the most frequent themes were affective disorders, (14,3%), liaison and general hospital psychiatry (8,6%), epidemiology and classification (6,6%), validation and use of diagnostic and psychometric scales (5,6%), followed by antidepressant use and teaching with 1,2% each. most presentations were prepared in university settings (48%) or in hospitals (35%), with a strong concentration in the metropolitan region (80,4%) and the viii region (8,3%). conclusions: there is an increasing number of psychiatric papers presented from 2000 to 2009, with the metropolitan region of santiago the area that present the higher number of research work (76,31%).there is a low number of collaborative research: 88,3% of the works were presented by a single institution. 9,6% (this is 59 papers) were presented by two, and 2,1 % (13 papers) by three. affective disorders were the most researched area; followed by use of antipsychotics and liaision, community, and child and adolescent psychiatry.