Psychologists claim that taking three or more selfies a day could be a sign of mental illness.
In 2014, a spoof news article coined the term "selfitis," saying that the American Psychiatric Association was going to start recognising it as a real disorder.
Three years on, two researchers have looked at the term and have decided there could be some truth to it.
Psychologists Mark D. Griffiths and Janarthanan Balakrishnan have published a paper in the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, in which they argue that selfitis is a real condition, and can be diagnosed as excessive selfie taking.
They also developed a "Selfitis Behaviour Scale" by surveying the selfie behaviour of 400 participants from India. The scale assesses the severity of the condition, of which there are three levels.
India was chosen for the study as the country has the most selfie-related deaths. Out of 127 selfie-related deaths that have been reported worldwide between March 2014 and September 2016, 76 occurred in India.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 16 2018, @06:45PM (2 children)
If only we had a big fat Greek idiot who had met Narcissus to explain this concept.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by bob_super on Tuesday January 16 2018, @06:57PM
Should we all pitch in $5 to offer a couple phones to the president? Make sure his hands stay busy between two tweets, glorifying his favorite person, and away from any pen or red buttons...
(Score: 5, Funny) by bzipitidoo on Tuesday January 16 2018, @10:09PM
The ancient Greeks have a possibly contradictory saying: Know Thyself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_thyself [wikipedia.org]
But, you know, Moderation in All Things.