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Psychiatrists evaluate Internet communication.
The benefits and risks of internet use in psychiatry was a topic at the First International Symposium on the Internet and Psychiatry which took place at the University of Munich in the spring. Previously unimagined access to information has both positive and negative effects. The 1990s was, thankfully, a decade of great advances in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders and far more attention than ever before was given to the development of diagnostic tools for use in busy general medical practice. I used to work at a medical library. I was worried that I would be surrounded by former co-workers when I entered the library.