Obsessively Taking Selfies is Now a Real Mental Disorder Called 'Selfitis'

In 2014, a viral story being circulated online reported that the American Psychiatric Association (APA) had coined “selfitis” as a new mental disorder for people who obsessively shoot and share selfies online. That story turned out to be a hoax, but it sparked new research. Now, three years later, selfitis is real. Researchers Janarthanan Balakrishnan […]