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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="editorial" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Consortium PSYCHIATRICUM</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Consortium PSYCHIATRICUM</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Consortium PSYCHIATRICUM</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2712-7672</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2713-2919</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">15839</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17816/CP15839</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>EDITORIAL</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>РЕДАКЦИОННАЯ СТАТЬЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Editorial</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Digital and cyber psychiatry: patient transformation in the digital age</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Цифровая и информационная психиатрия: цифровая трансформация пациента</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5618-4206</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="scopus">35593613200</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="researcherid">U-1562-2017</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">9772-0024</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Neznanov</surname><given-names>Nikolay G.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Незнанов</surname><given-names>Николай Григорьевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Director, Chief Non-staff Specialist Expert in Psychiatry of Roszdravnadzor, Chairman of the Board of the Russian Society of Psychiatrists</p></bio><email>goncharenko7@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2798-8800</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="scopus">16639990900</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="researcherid">I-1030-2018</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">3552-1894</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Semenova</surname><given-names>Natalia V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Семенова</surname><given-names>Наталия Владимировна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.) Deputy Director for Scientific, Organizational and Methodological Work</p></bio><email>goncharenko7@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5208-4099</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="scopus">8540267600</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">1193-8221</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Goncharenko</surname><given-names>Andrey Yu.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Гончаренко</surname><given-names>Андрей Юрьевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Leading researcher, Scientific Organizational Department</p></bio><email>goncharenko7@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">V.M. Bekhterev National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Neurology</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">ФГБУ «Национальный медицинский исследовательский центр психиатрии и неврологии им. В.М. Бехтерева» Минздрава России</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="preprint" iso-8601-date="2026-06-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>06</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-07-03" publication-format="electronic"><day>03</day><month>07</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>7</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>5</fpage><lpage>9</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-03-02"><day>02</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-06-15"><day>15</day><month>06</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Eco-Vector, 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Эко-Вектор, 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector, 2026</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Эко-Вектор, 2026</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://consortium-psy.com/jour/article/view/15839">https://consortium-psy.com/jour/article/view/15839</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The total digital transformation has confronted psychiatry with a unique challenge: the human-made information environment has simultaneously become a source of new psychopathology and a tool for overcoming it. In this article, the authors propose examining the dialectic of two fields: cyber psychiatry (which studies the pathogenic influence of the digital world) and digital psychiatry (which develops assistive technologies). Particular attention is paid to the key risk of the current stage — reification, i.e., the substitution of live clinical thinking with the illusory objectivity of algorithms.</p> <p>The discussion addresses why the absence of operational management and clear rules of responsibility when using artificial intelligence in psychiatry creates a “hole” in the professional future. The authors substantiate the thesis that the only reasonable way forward is a hybrid model of care, in which digital tools serve as an extension of the physician's capabilities, not a replacement, and the “human in the loop” possesses real, rather than declarative, authority.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Тотальная цифровая трансформация поставила психиатрию перед уникальным вызовом: созданная человеком информационная среда стала одновременно и источником новой психопатологии, и инструментом для ее преодоления. В этой статье авторы предлагают рассмотреть диалектику двух направлений — информационной психиатрии (изучающей патогенное влияние цифрового мира) и цифровой психиатрии (разрабатывающей технологии помощи). Особое внимание уделяется ключевому риску современного этапа — реификации, то есть подмене живого клинического мышления иллюзорной объективностью алгоритмов. Обсуждается, почему отсутствие операционального управления и четких правил ответственности при использовании искусственного интеллекта в психиатрии создает «дыру» в профессиональном будущем. Авторы обосновывают тезис о том, что единственным разумным путем вперед является гибридная модель помощи, при которой цифровые инструменты служат расширением возможностей врача, а не его заменой и «человек в контуре» обладает реальными, а не декларативными полномочиями.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>digital psychiatry</kwd><kwd>cyber psychiatry</kwd><kwd>reification</kwd><kwd>artificial intelligence</kwd><kwd>operational management</kwd><kwd>hybrid models</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>цифровая психиатрия</kwd><kwd>информационная психиатрия</kwd><kwd>реификация</kwd><kwd>искусственный интеллект</kwd><kwd>операциональное управление</kwd><kwd>гибридные модели</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Andreassen CS. Online social network site addiction: a comprehensive. 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