[Psychiatry online--one-year experience from the practice of virtual psychiatry].

Nowadays people very often seek health information on the Internet. They use electronic mail, mailing and news groups as well as web services. Internet allows to acquire quick answers to almost all questions. It can be anonymous. The use of Internet is fairly cheap. The answer of each Internet question causes ethical and the moral problems. An expert has no direct contact with an ill person. He does not know if the person who asked is ill or wants to receive information about someone else. People ask about diseases which they or their families suffer from. They ask about drugs they take or they will take, about side-effects, interactions and prices. Some questions are asked by students, doctors and other people who are interested in psychiatry. Internet is an enormous place, where patients and doctors search for and obtain information.