J.J. Sandra Kooij (Netherlands)
Amsterdam UMC/VUMc
Psychiatry
J.J. Sandra Kooij is a psychiatrist and professor on Adult ADHD at Amsterdam University Medical Center/VUmc, the Netherlands. She is also head of the Dutch Expertise Center Adult ADHD, president of the DIVA Foundation that distributes the Diagnostic Interview for ADHD in adults (DIVA-5) in more than 25 languages (www.divacenter.eu), as well as chair of the European Network Adult ADHD (www.eunetworkadultadhd.com) and of the section Neurodevelopmental Disorders at EPA. In 2002 she started a specialised department for adult patients with ADHD at PsyQ, the Hague, where she still works. Her research focuses on ADHD in women, ADHD in elderly, and on ADHD, sleep and health.

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Section Coordination Meeting

Session Name
1990 - Section Coordination Meeting (ID 186)
Session Type
Committee Meeting
Date
Mon, 06.06.2022
Session Time
15:00 - 17:00
Room
Meeting Room 1
Presenter
Lecture Time
15:00 - 16:30

Starting Digital Treatment for Neurodevelopmental Disorders by Experience Experts: On the Waiting List for Diagnostic Assessment via the Super Brains App

Session Name
0550 - LIVE - Workshop 01: Hot Topics of Delivering Care: An Update from EPA Scientific Sections (ID 144)
Session Type
Educational
Date
Sun, 05.06.2022
Session Time
08:00 - 09:30
Room
Hall C
Session Icon
Fully Live, Section
Presenter
Lecture Time
08:44 - 08:55

Abstract

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Digital treatment for neurodevelopmental disorders is being developed in order to treat patients online when possible, to reduce waitinglists, and to improve efficiency of treatment.

In this workshop, first experiences with the so called Start Programme of the Super Brains app for ADHD in adults are presented. The Super Brains app has been developed by Rutger den Hollander, who himself has ADHD and owns an ICT company in the Netherlands, in cooperation with the speaker of this workshop and Parnassiagroep.

The Start Programme is a new part of the Super Brains app, meant for patients referred for treatment that have to wait on often long waitinglists. Now they have no longer to wait, but can start immediately preparing for assessment by filling in questionnaires, and with psycho-education, lifestyle tips and support by experience experts that welcome them in the app and show them around.

First data on the use of different parts of the Start Programme, the activity of patients in the app, and the satisfaction of patients will be presented. We also aim to study whether the Start Progamme is effective in reducing severity of ADHD symptoms.

Super Brains can be adjusted for use in patients with other (neurodevelopmental) disorders easily.

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