Summary 
and psychopathological structure of computer dependency, its results 
and development will optimize not only criteria of diagnosis, 
differential diagnosis and systematizationof this type of addiction but 
also principles of its therapy and prophylaxis. 
In Chapter 1 authors shows the way of formation of computer 
subculture from cuneiform writing to internet (historical and 
psychological aspects). 
In Chapter 2 authors discuss the problem of addictive behavior. It 
was paid attention to factors that initiate the development of 
addictions and to pathological propensity to gambling. 
Chapter 3 gives us overview of the worldwide research that reviews 
the influence of uncontrolled computer activity. Authors present 
approaches of different researchers, psychological mechanisms of 
interactions between person and computer, analyses the spread of this 
problem among young people. 
In chapter 4 the results of investigation of 463 pupils that study 
computer technologies a lot in lyceums of physic-mathematic and 
informatics type permit to determine risk factors and risk group of 
development of computer addiction, peculiarities of computer 
activity (duration, experience, preferable kind of activity, feelings, 
influence of computer on education, work, family and others) and 
create program of primary prophylaxis of computer addiction. 
Authors describe symptoms at first stage as well as factors that provoke 
computer dependency. In work the psychological features of persons 
of young age are explored on the first stage of computer addiction 
formation. 
In chapter 5 on the base of a complex clinical-psychopathological 
and psychological examination of 38 patients with different forms of 
mental pathology (F 91.1 -91.2, F 06.4 -07, 70 and others) (1CD-10) 
that have computer addiction, clinical peculiarities of computer 
addicts, social-demographical peculiarities and the dynamic of 
development of computer addiction, and some psychological 
mechanisms of this pathology were investigated. First on the basis of 
complex clinical psychopathological and psychological research new 
findings were obtained in relation to the risk factors, terms and 
clinical dynamics of computer dependency formation. 
It was determined that computer addiction can be primary or 
symptomatic pathology. Mostly-symptomatic. Symptomatic 
computer dependency comorbides with other mental disorders. 
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