Open AccessPATHOLOGICAL BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS RELATED TO THE INTERNET IN A PERSON WHO USE PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
Author(s) -
A. N. Stolyarenko
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mužskoe zdorovʹe, gendernaâ i psihosomatičeskaâ medicina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2414-4339
pISSN - 2413-8843
DOI - 10.37321/ujmh.2019.02-02
Subject(s) - the internet , behavioral pattern , addiction , psychology , maladaptation , behavioral addiction , pathological , psychoactive substance , preference , intervention (counseling) , damages , clinical psychology , internet privacy , psychiatry , medicine , world wide web , computer science , software engineering , pathology , economics , microeconomics , political science , law
The involvement of people who use psychoactive substances in Internet use imposes certain behavioral changes on them. The combination of thepsychopathological predispositional background in the form of emotional-volitional disorders with the phenomena inherent in the in-depth use ofthe Internet determines the development of specific behavioral patterns associated with Internet use in individuals of the studied group.The purpose of the study is to investigate and systematize pathological behavioral patterns associated with the Internet in people who use psychoactivesubstances.Material and research methods. To achieve the goal of the study, a content analysis of scientific literature and media materials was carried out, and 34 people with mental and behavioral disorders due to the use of psychoactive substances were examined (F19.2).As a result of the study, five pathological behavioral patterns associated with the Internet in individuals who use psychoactive substances were identified and described: reduction of offline communication and preference for online leisure, Internet coverage of one’s own asocial actions, change of addictive search activity from offline environment to the Internet, auto-induction of extreme drops moods with Internet content and Internet content inducing extreme behaviors.Conclusions. Internet use can lead to a specific pathological modification of the behavior of people who use psychoactive substances. Identified behavioral patterns can cause an increase in social maladaptation and act as a potentiating and supporting factor in anesthesia.