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Prevalence of high risk of ADHD among adult users of Instagram in Russian Federation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

S. Potanin ,
M. Morozova ,
G. Rupchev ,
D. Burminskiy ,
T. Lepilkina  and
A. Beniashvili
S. Potanin
Affiliation:
FSBI Research Center of Mental Health, Laboratory Of Psychopharmacology, Moscow, Russian Federation
M. Morozova*
Affiliation:
FSBI Research Center of Mental Health, Laboratory Of Psychopharmacology, Moscow, Russian Federation
G. Rupchev
Affiliation:
Moscow State University, Faculty Of Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation
D. Burminskiy
Affiliation:
FSBI Research Center of Mental Health, Laboratory Of Psychopharmacology, Moscow, Russian Federation
T. Lepilkina
Affiliation:
FSBI Research Center of Mental Health, Laboratory Of Psychopharmacology, Moscow, Russian Federation
A. Beniashvili
Affiliation:
FSBI Research Center of Mental Health, Laboratory Of Psychopharmacology, Moscow, Russian Federation
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The problem of diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in adults in the Russian Federation remains very relevant. Unfortunately, very little time is devoted to the topic of adult ADHD in standard and advanced training programs. In connection with these problems, it is important to study the prevalence of ADHD in the Russian population.

Objectives

To determine the prevalence of an increased risk of adult ADHD on the example of Russian Instagram users.

Methods

In the professional blog of one of the authors of the article in Instagram (@gentlepsydoc), a link was posted to an anonymous survey conducted using Google docs, in which patients filled out the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS v1.1) in the author’s translation

Results

A total of 144 people took part in the screening, 87.5% of them were women, the average age of the participants was 35.5±12.3 years (from 20 to 56). An increased risk of ADHD according to the indicators of the ASRS scale was detected in 13.2 % of participants.

Conclusions

Among Instagram users, the prevalence of an increased risk of ADHD was higher than according to epidemiology data. This indicator could be influenced by a sample of patients, mainly consisting of subscribers of a professional blog of a psychiatrist, as well as the prevalence of women among the participants. In any case, these data speak in favor of the importance of diagnosing this condition in the Russian population, as well as including information about adult ADHD in training programs for mental health professionals.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

Adult ADHD Self-Report Scaleadult populationInstagramadhd
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S570 - S571
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