The Pilot Study of the Supporting Potential of Internet-using in Social Adaptation of Patients with Mental Disease ¹⁰³⁴

The aim of the research was to investigate the correlations between the type of internet-using and the quality of social adaptation of people suffering from endogenous mental diseases. 29 male patients aged 18 to 32 years were investigated. The following was revealed: a smaller amount of relatives in core of social networks and a lower level of psychotic symptoms in patients using internet to maintain contacts; decreasing the level of somatization in people using internet to keep contact with their families; increasing the level of social adaptation even in patients, who used internet just for entertainment. This allows to suggest that using internet can play a significant role in preventing the development of hospitalism and help to reduce self-stigma in patients with mental disease.The aim of the research was to investigate the correlations between the type of internet-using and the quality of social adaptation of people suffering from endogenous mental diseases. 29 male patients aged 18 to 32 years were investigated. The following was revealed: a smaller amount of relatives in core of social networks and a lower level of psychotic symptoms in patients using internet to maintain contacts; decreasing the level of somatization in people using internet to keep contact with their families; increasing the level of social adaptation even in patients, who used internet just for entertainment. This allows to suggest that using internet can play a significant role in preventing the development of hospitalism and help to reduce self-stigma in patients with mental disease.The aim of the research was to investigate the correlations between the type of internet-using and the quality of social adaptation of people suffering from endogenous mental diseases. 29 male patients aged 18 to 32 years were investigated. The following was revealed: a smaller amount of relatives in core of social networks and a lower level of psychotic symptoms in patients using internet to maintain contacts; decreasing the level of somatization in people using internet to keep contact with their families; increasing the level of social adaptation even in patients, who used internet just for entertainment. This allows to suggest that using internet can play a significant role in preventing the development of hospitalism and help to reduce self-stigma in patients with mental disease.

Keywords: communicative, informational, recreational internet using, social adaptation, psychical disorders, disorders of schizophrenically specter, young adult age, youth age.communicative, informational, recreational internet using, social adaptation, psychical disorders, disorders of schizophrenically specter, young adult age, youth age.communicative, informational, recreational internet using, social adaptation, psychical disorders, disorders of schizophrenically specter, young adult age, youth age

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