OBJECTIVES: Problem of negative influence of social networks on human communicative potential is global and needs psychological study. Our aim was to study introspection health status of medical students. METHODS: Testing students II-III years of studying at medical faculty (145 women, 130 men). Our self-administered forty item questionnaire was used for data collection. RESULTS: - 15%; load files - 15%; create/work on own webpage, operational log/blog - 14%. CONCLUSIONS: Main motivation for social networks use was dating and socializing with new people and entertainment (80%); finding friends, classmates and communicating with them (67%). Under present war conditions – find and share urgent information (98%). Half of respondents indicates that social networking helps in personal life, while the other half believes that social media does not impact on their lives. A significant number of respondents (96%) agree there is a tendency towards emergence of personality depending on the social networks. Results may be used for choosing right tactics and methodology to preserve and strengthen students’ mental health.