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posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday January 16 2018, @06:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the that-explains-Kim-Kardashian dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by inertnet on Tuesday January 16 2018, @10:48PM (3 children)

    by inertnet (4071) on Tuesday January 16 2018, @10:48PM (#623342) Journal

    I've never taken a selfie, there must be something wrong with me.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday January 16 2018, @10:57PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 16 2018, @10:57PM (#623348) Journal

    I have taken one selfie used as a profile picture at work.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @01:01AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @01:01AM (#623380)

    Spy agencies say you're ugly. Prove them wrong. That is what they want: keep you occupied so they can clean-out your bank account and suck out your living soul.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @07:55AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @07:55AM (#623481)

    probably you're ugly like me :'(