Studia Informatica Pomerania
WNEiZ
Autor: Wojciech Strzelecki, Piotr Pawlak 345
Strony: 345-355
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THE BENEFITS AND DANGERS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF-DIAGNOSIS BASED ON INTERNET SOURCES

Summary

The article take up the subject of benefits and dangers arising from the making of psychological self-diagnosis based on Internet sources. The article announcing the various forms of obtaining information about mental health, on the Internet. Both positive and negative aspects of such activities are discussed here. The authors discuss in turn: the availability of psychological tests on the psychological portals (as a source of selfdiagnosis), the use of psychological services online, using newsgroups and illegal use of psychological tools in pirated versions.