Can’t stop taking pictures of yourself? You might have ‘selfitis'

Selfitis, or the obsessive taking of selfies, appears to be a genuine condition, research suggests.

The term was first coined in 2014 as part of a spoof news article claiming selfitis was to be deemed a mental disorder by the American Psychiatric Association.

But researchers have looked into the phenomenon, after other technology-related disorders such as “nomophobia” or the phobia of not having a mobile phone to hand, have been studied.