Integrated identification of new substantional gadget addiction: With selfie-mania phenomenon model

Introduction Modern selfie-infatuation extent went far beyond fashion and subculture causing distinct tendency to non-chemical addiction state transformation requiring evidential scientific identification. Aims and objectives To develop clinical-psychological and classification basis for new type of gadget addiction (selfie-mania), prevention and approaches to mental correction and rehabilitation. Method Selfie attitude testing of 157 respondents-students, and internet resources topical data analysis were done. Results Behaviour models were rubricated, design and content, causes, clinical-psychological description, selfie-phenomenon prevalence were clarified. It allows to state selfie-addiction specific key symptoms, conforming to ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for addiction states: – psychological and emotional supercomfort feeling during realizing selfie-interventions (substantional analogue of euphoria phenomenon caused by psychoactive substances in narcology); – desire for permanent updating and layouting in social networks selfie-portraits, selfie-positions (impulse control disorder analogue); – selfie-modifying need causing adrenaline extreme and life threat (analogues: compulsive craving, megadoses, overdosages, amnesias); – obsessive craving to increase daily number of selfie-shots (tolerance syndrome analogue); – constant foreshortening change of selfie-interventions (analogue: experimentation with different psychoactive substances, searching behaviour); – selfie-destruction psychopathological consequences (neurotism, mental and behavioural disorders, group pattern of behavioural selfie-deviations); – formation of associated comorbid chemical and other substantional addiction forms; – selfie-deprivation syndrome (analogue: alcohol or drug withdrawal syndrome); – interdisciplinary range of problems (professional sphere of study for sociologists, psychologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, narcologists, psychotherapists, sexopathologists, lawyers). Conclusions Selfie-addiction problem recognition is necessary on the level of inclusion to ICD, that will allow to develop scientific, legal and clinical base for integrated prevention, rehabilitation and treatment.