Don’t worry. It’s covered under ObamaCare!
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.
Robert D. Hare, C.M., is a researcher in the field of criminal psychology. His Psychopathy Checklist [PCL-R] is used to assess cases of psychopathy. The test is simple, a list of 20 criteria, each given a score of 0 if it doesn’t apply, 1 if it partially applies, or 2 if it fully applies. The list of 20 criteria:
1. Glibness and superficial charm;
2. Grandiose sense of self-worth;
3. Pathological lying;
4. Cunning/manipulative;
5. Lack of remorse;
6. Emotional shallowness;
7. Callousness and lack of empathy;
8. Unwillingness to accept responsibility for actions;
9. Tendency to boredom, need for stimulation;
10. Parasitic lifestyle;
11. Lack of realistic long-term goals;
12. Impulsivity;
13. Irresponsibility;
14. Lack of behavioral control;
15. Behavioral problems in early life;
16. Juvenile delinquency;
17. Criminal versatility;
18. History of “revocation of conditional release”;
19. Many short-term marital-type relationships; and
20. Promiscuous sexual behavior.
A prototypical psychopath would score 40. Scores at the upper end are indicative of social predators with psychopathic depredations, i.e., individuals who delight in the act of plundering, pillaging, ravaging in the act of destroying (transforming?) the object of their affliction. Despite all the efforts to keep his past hidden, when one reflects on what is already known about Barack Obama, it would seem that America has a psychopath for a President.
Scientist: Twenty simple signs to spot a psychopath…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10737827/Psychopaths-how-can-you-spot-one.html