Uso de innovaciones tecnológicas aplicadas en la clínica psicológica: una revisión bibliográfica

Abstract

Introduction: In recent years, technological innovations have revolutionized the science field. Psychology as experimental science is no exception; technology has collaborated with different tools and creations, facilitating accessibility and processing data, increasing human connections, breaking geographical barriers, and contributing to the scientific field of this branch to improve clinical intervention. Objective: This research aims to know some technological innovations applied to clinical psychology. Methodology: It used a descriptive design and a qualitative approach, focused on the analysis through an exhaustive bibliographic review covering studies of the last five years focused on technological innovations. Results: Technological innovations in clinical practice have been booming, from transcranial magnetic stimulation to Neurofeedback; it is employed in diagnoses such as depression, bipolar, fibromyalgia, sleep, post-traumatic stress, neurodevelopmental disorders, substance abuse, and anxiety. Conclusion: It was concluded that some technological innovations in clinical practice permit the inference of the importance of adapting and training in the new tools that a clinical psychologist can employ to diagnose, investigate, and apply in therapeutic sessions.