Abstract: Objective To investigate the key words related with the growth of psychological rehabilitation literature of psychological rehabilitation in China. Methods The journal articles associated with psychological rehabilitation in CNKI were analyzed with key word frequency.The relationship between the cumulative frequency of key words and the growth of literature were analyzed with Linear Regression Analysis. Result Based on the cumulative frequency of 340 key words frequencies more than 4 in each year, Linear Regression Analysis extracted 10 words that correlated with the literature growth, which were Psychological Nursing, Psychological Problem, Psychological Response,Psychotics, Emotional Disorder, Type A Behavior, Social Psychology, SCL-90, Prosthesis, and Psychiatry. Conclusion The major objects of the researches of psychological rehabilitation in China were psychological problem, psychological response, psychotics, emotional disorder, type A behavior; the major tools were social psychology, SCL-90; the researchers mainly come from the nurse, and the professionals of prosthesis and psychiatry.

Key words: psychological rehabilitation, informetrics, word frequency analysis, key word