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Volume 13, issue 4

Review article

Internet as a useful tool for rehabilitation of mentally ill persons

Paweł Bronowski1, Maria Załuska1
1. IV Klinika Psychiatrii Instytutu Psychiatrii i Neurologii w Warszawie
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 2004, 13 (4), 385-390
Keywords: internet, computer training, rehabilitation of mentally ill persons

Abstract

Aim. The association between the Internet and mental health problems has been presented.

Review. Websites devoted to the mental health problems are prepared for both professional and mentally ill patients. Up to now, there is no data supporting the internet impact on psychological functioning. However; same results may suggest that the Internet is a useful tool for developing an acquaintance and overcoming feelings of isolation.

Conclusions. Due to its communicative and ill formative potential, the internet can be a useful tool for rehabilitation of mentally ill persons

Address for correspondence:
Dr Paweł Bronowski,
IV Klinika Psychiatrii Instytutu Psychiatrii i Neurologii,
ul. Cegłowska 80,
01-809 Warszawa,
e-mail: pawelb@umich.edu