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AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION MAKES IT OFFICIAL: ‘SELFIE’ A MENTAL DISORDER

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Photo credit: AP
Photo credit: AP

Chicago, Illinois – The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has officially confirmed what many people thought all along: taking ‘selfies’ is a mental disorder.

The APA made this classification during its annual board of directors meeting in Chicago. The disorder is called selfitis, and is defined as the obsessive compulsive desire to take photos of one’s self  and post them on social media as a way to make up for the lack of self-esteem and to fill a gap in intimacy.

APA said there are three levels of the disorder:

  • Borderline selfitis : taking photos of one’s self at least three times a day but not posting them on social media
  • Acute selfitis: taking photos of one’s self at least three times a day and posting each of the photos on social media
  • Chronic selfitis: Uncontrollable urge to take photos of one’s self  round the clock and posting the photos on social media more than six times a day

According to the APA, while there is currently no cure for the disorder, temporary treatment is available through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).  The other good news is that CBT is covered under Obamacare.

This is unwelcome news for Makati City in the Philippines, especially for its mayor, Junjun Binay, son of the incumbent vice president.  Makati was recently named selfie capital of the world by Time Magazine. The mayor even organized a ticker tape parade after his city was bestowed the rare honor.

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476 thoughts on “AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION MAKES IT OFFICIAL: ‘SELFIE’ A MENTAL DISORDER”

  3. Stop making things up! This isn’t true. First and foremost the medical terms are incorrect! The word “itis” is used only with inflammation of infection. For psychiatric disorders it should have been “ism” like selfism Next acute or chronic isn’t measured by how many episode per day a symptom appears but how long they have it. Usually cut off for acute is less than 6 months and chronic is more than 6 months. Diagnosing psychiatric disorders requires criteria based on syndromes or major and symptoms group together, so clearly this isn’t made by a medical professional. This is made by another attention whore.

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    1. Sir. Kalma. ADOBO CHRONICLES. LOL.

      Ganito siya o:

      sat·ire
      ˈsaˌtīr/
      noun
      1. the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

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  5. LoL this thing is isn’t true…
    First if this is true, then it should be published in more reliable source or form of media, not on this site alone.
    Second, there is no such thing as a selfitis…

    Although its annoying to see someone taking pics of themselves over and over again almost a hundred times a day..

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    1. Then if you dont really agree with selftis. try to consider it as narcissism. check it yourself this disorder hahaha

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  6. Mukhang madami ditong defensive, mga may selfitis yata.
    Perhaps the next study you should do is the relationship between selfitis and inability to grasp satire. They might be directly proportional.

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  12. The Adobo Chronicles believes in freedom of speech and we welcome all comments regarding our posts. However, we reserve the right not to approve posts that use profanities or insulting words against others who comment on this blog. Let’s debate, have fun, but let’s be civil.

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  14. there is no byline for this news so we should not give this a credit perhaps the way it is written is too shallow. there is actually no basis nor research figures to prove its truth. do not believe this lame post for whoever made this is just insecure of himself and could not stand how he looks when he does a selfie. i myself is not fond of taking selfie shots but i am so annoyed with whosoever write this piece of crap!

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  17. reader 10 yrs of age commented – it’s fake
    reader 06 yrs of age – selfie is not good but i don’t know
    reader 36 yrs of age – so what is the cure for this mental dis-order? Mr. Psychiatrist

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  18. Di ako naniwala sa may pakana Nito. Mas disorder pa ang taong nakikialam sa buhay ng may buhay compared sa sarili mo Lang ang pakialaman mo. Selfiie nga eh happy ka sa sarili mo kontento ka dahil masaya ka nag picture sa sarili.

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  20. the author of this supposed mental disorder classification is derelict! and has no concept of human psychosocial evolution!

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  21. it may not be an actual disorder but anybody can just stalk you if they could recognize where you are posting your chronic selfies during the whole day considering a lot of people posting a lot of selfies tend to have their profiles public for moar attention, information security din yan >_> ooor could be just too paranoid about the thought though ahahah

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  22. Kung kaya mong pigilan ang pagigign selfie, hindi siya mental disorder, pero kung hindi mo mapigilan, disorder na ang mental mo.

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  24. SATIRE lang po ito! Please don’t overreact! Matuto kayong magbasa! D nga ako mahilig sa selfie but marunong akong magbasa!

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  28. Where is the source that will back-up this article? I’ve tried to look for another source about this but I cannot find any. I don’t do selfie that much so it does not matter, but it would be appreciated if you have any (if there is) link or published something about this.

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  29. I guess there’s nothing wrong about taking pictures of oneself. It eases stress and develops self confidence. It’s just like facing a mirror huh!!

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  30. For it to be a mental disorder, it must have a negative effect to the persons daily functions. Event then, it would most probably be categorized as obsessive compulsive disorder because of the persistent thought of the need to take the picture( obsessive) actually taking the pictures (compulsive).

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    1. Of course since it can be likened to addiction. It still does not excuse the masses from not doing a background check on the article and website and to simply repost or reblog because the title has aggravated them.

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  34. American Psychological Association (APA) NOT psychiatric association…
    https://www.apa.org/
    The American Psychological Association is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States. APA is the world’s largest association of psychologists, with nearly 130,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students as its members.

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  39. Crazy APA nothing to think about something good for the people, nope Selfie is not a disease, hahahahah! They should make a longitudinal studies on this matter before declaring it as a disease.

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    1. ROMMEL BILLENA,. you’re moron,.did they say “DISEASE”? idiot,. its MENTAL DISORDER,.you should learn your language moron or you didnt even know the difference between disoder-disease.

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  43. These American psychiatrist will try to make everything a disease or disorder so they can make more money by treating people with these so called made up diseases.

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    1. AGREE 100%. THIS SO-CALLED “DISEASE” IS FAKE. YOU HEAR THAT PEOPLE. FAKE. F-A-K-E. FAKE. AS IN PEKE BA . DILI TINUOD. LAMAT.

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