Clinical and psychological features of people with internet dependence: experience of a pilot study

Egorov A.Iu.; Grechanyĭ S.V.; Chuprova N.A.; Soldatkin V.A.; Yakovlev A.N.; Iliuk R.D.; Nikolishin A.E.; Ponizovskiy P.A.; Vantey V.B.; Gromyko D.I.; Dolgikh N.V.; Erofeyeva N.A.; Pozdnyak V.V.; Il’ichev A.B.; Khutoryanskaya J.V.; Egorov A.A.; Magomedova E.A.; Nechayeva A.I.; Pashkevich N.V.; Semenova Yu.V.; Sidorov A.A.; Khanykov V.V.; Kibitov A.A.; Krupitskiĭ E.M.; Shmukler A.B.; Kibitov A.O.

doi:https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro202012003113

Egorov A.Iu.

Institut évoliutsionnoĭ fiziologii i biokhimii im. I.M. Sechenova RAN

Grechanyĭ S.V.

Sankt-Peterburgskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ pediatricheskiĭ meditsinskiĭ universitet, Sankt-Peterburg

Chuprova N.A.

Laboratoriia molekuliarnoĭ genetiki Natsional'nogo nauchnogo tsentra narkologii, Moskva

Soldatkin V.A.

GBOU VPO "Rostovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ meditsinskiĭ universitet" Minzdrava Rossii, Rostov-na-Donu

Yakovlev A.N.

Lipetsk Regional Narcological Dispensary, Lipetsk, Russia

Iliuk R.D.

Sankt-Peterburgskiĭ nauchno-issledovatel'skiĭ psikhonevrologicheskiĭ institut im. V.M. Bekhtereva

Nikolishin A.E.

Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology, Moscow, Russia

Ponizovskiy P.A.

Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, Moscow

Vantey V.B.

Lipetsk Regional Narcological Dispensary, Lipetsk, Russia

Gromyko D.I.

Bekhterev National Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Neurology, St. Petersburg, Russia

Dolgikh N.V.

Lipetsk Regional Narcological Dispensary, Lipetsk, Russia

Erofeyeva N.A.

Bekhterev National Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Neurology, St. Petersburg, Russia

Pozdnyak V.V.

St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, St Petersburg, Russia

Il’ichev A.B.

St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, St Petersburg, Russia

Khutoryanskaya J.V.

St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, St Petersburg, Russia

Egorov A.A.

Chair of Hospital Surgery with the course of neurosurgery of the Irkutsk State University

Magomedova E.A.

Rostov State Medical University, Rostov, Russia

Nechayeva A.I.

Bekhterev National Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Neurology, St. Petersburg, Russia

Pashkevich N.V.

Lipetsk Regional Narcological Dispensary, Lipetsk, Russia

Semenova Yu.V.

National Research Center for Preventive Medicine Moscow, Russia

Sidorov A.A.

Rostov State Medical University, Rostov, Russia

Khanykov V.V.

Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology, Moscow, Russia

Kibitov A.A.

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Krupitskiĭ E.M.

Sankt-Peterburgskiĭ nauchno-issledovatel'skiĭ psikhonevrologicheskiĭ institut im. V.M. Bekhtereva

Shmukler A.B.

Kibitov A.O.

Laboratoriia molekuliarnoĭ genetiki Natsional'nogo nauchnogo tsentra narkologii, Moskva

Clinical and psychological features of people with internet dependence: experience of a pilot study

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Egorov A.Iu., Grechanyĭ S.V., Chuprova N.A., Soldatkin V.A., Yakovlev A.N., Iliuk R.D., Nikolishin A.E., Ponizovskiy P.A., Vantey V.B., Gromyko D.I., Dolgikh N.V., Erofeyeva N.A., Pozdnyak V.V., Il’ichev A.B., Khutoryanskaya J.V., Egorov A.A., Magomedova E.A., Nechayeva A.I., Pashkevich N.V., Semenova Yu.V., Sidorov A.A., Khanykov V.V., Kibitov A.A., Krupitskiĭ E.M., Shmukler A.B., Kibitov A.O.

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Journal: S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2020;120(3): 13‑18

DOI: 10.17116/jnevro202012003113

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Egorov AIu, Grechanyĭ SV, Chuprova NA, et al. Clinical and psychological features of people with internet dependence: experience of a pilot study. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2020;120(3):13‑18. (In Russ.)
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Abstract:

Objective. The prevalence of Internet addiction (IA) is growing steadily, especially among the younger generation. The purpose of this multicenter study was to investigate the socio-demographic characteristics, clinical varieties, and profile of psychopathological symptoms of mental disorders in patients with IA. Material and methods. The study included 2 groups: the main group consisted of 44 people, aged 16 to 34 years, average age 22.00±0.66 years, 33 (75%) men, 11 (25%) women; the control group included 120 people, aged 19 to 30 years, average age 23.13±0.18 years, 90 (74.3%) men, 30 (26.7%) women. Groups were identified at the testing stage based on the total score on the Chen Internet Addiction Scale (CIAS). The main group included individuals who scored CIAS 65 points or higher. The specially developed Unified Study Card, The Mini international neuropsychiatric interview (MINI), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Beck Depression Questionnaire (BDI), the Prodromal Questionnaire-16 (PQ-16), the Symptom Checklist-90-Questionnaire Revised (SCL-90-R). Results and conclusion. There were more people with secondary specialized education and unemployed in the main group. The family burden of addiction and psychiatric disorders did not differ in both groups, and the heredity of somatic diseases was lower in the IA group. In the IA group, a psychiatric diagnosis was made 9 times more often. The severity of affective and anxiety disorders was higher in the IA group, while the risk of psychosis was low that allows considering the symptoms of IA outside the framework of subpsychotic mental disorders. The features of the psychopathological symptoms of IA were: total «tension» of the psychopathological profile; a relatively uniform and slightly specific profile of psychopathological symptoms with a certain tendency to the prevalence of personality-related stress manifestations.

Keywords:

Internet addiction

socio-demographic characteristics

clinical features

comorbid psychopathological conditions

profiles of psychopathological symptoms

Authors:

Egorov A.Iu.

Institut évoliutsionnoĭ fiziologii i biokhimii im. I.M. Sechenova RAN

Grechanyĭ S.V.

Sankt-Peterburgskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ pediatricheskiĭ meditsinskiĭ universitet, Sankt-Peterburg

Chuprova N.A.

Laboratoriia molekuliarnoĭ genetiki Natsional'nogo nauchnogo tsentra narkologii, Moskva

Soldatkin V.A.

GBOU VPO "Rostovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ meditsinskiĭ universitet" Minzdrava Rossii, Rostov-na-Donu

Yakovlev A.N.

Lipetsk Regional Narcological Dispensary, Lipetsk, Russia

Iliuk R.D.

Sankt-Peterburgskiĭ nauchno-issledovatel'skiĭ psikhonevrologicheskiĭ institut im. V.M. Bekhtereva

Nikolishin A.E.

Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology, Moscow, Russia

Ponizovskiy P.A.

Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, Moscow

Vantey V.B.

Lipetsk Regional Narcological Dispensary, Lipetsk, Russia

Gromyko D.I.

Bekhterev National Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Neurology, St. Petersburg, Russia

Dolgikh N.V.

Lipetsk Regional Narcological Dispensary, Lipetsk, Russia

Erofeyeva N.A.

Bekhterev National Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Neurology, St. Petersburg, Russia

Pozdnyak V.V.

St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, St Petersburg, Russia

Il’ichev A.B.

St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, St Petersburg, Russia

Khutoryanskaya J.V.

St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, St Petersburg, Russia

Egorov A.A.

Chair of Hospital Surgery with the course of neurosurgery of the Irkutsk State University

Magomedova E.A.

Rostov State Medical University, Rostov, Russia

Nechayeva A.I.

Bekhterev National Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Neurology, St. Petersburg, Russia

Pashkevich N.V.

Lipetsk Regional Narcological Dispensary, Lipetsk, Russia

Semenova Yu.V.

National Research Center for Preventive Medicine Moscow, Russia

Sidorov A.A.

Rostov State Medical University, Rostov, Russia

Khanykov V.V.

Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology, Moscow, Russia

Kibitov A.A.

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Krupitskiĭ E.M.

Sankt-Peterburgskiĭ nauchno-issledovatel'skiĭ psikhonevrologicheskiĭ institut im. V.M. Bekhtereva

Shmukler A.B.

Kibitov A.O.

Laboratoriia molekuliarnoĭ genetiki Natsional'nogo nauchnogo tsentra narkologii, Moskva

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