Messrs Obama & Biden: Scientists Link Selfies to Narcissism, Addiction and Mental Illness

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(Intl Business Times) The growing trend of taking smartphone selfies is linked to a mental health condition, that focuses on a persons obsession with looks.

According to Psychiatrist David Veal, “Two out of three of all patients who come to see me with Body dysmorphic disorder since the rise of camera phones, have a compulsion to repeatedly take and post selfies on social media sites.”

“Cognitive behavioral therapy is used to help a patient to recognize the reasons for his or her compulsive behavior and then learn how to moderate it,” Dr Veal told the Sunday Mirror.

More here from Yahoo News U.K.

H/T: Washington Free Beacon

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