dr. samuels, he had heart surgery five years ago, explain why the post heart surgery period could lead toome serious depression? >> well, you know, at his age, as we get older, we become much more vulnerable and emotionally unstable because of the serious illness like that, having open heart surgery is a huge very depressing thing to come through, if you pour alcohol on to that, you have to know, alcohol is a depressant and you throw the chemical imbalance into that, that he was obviously struggling with. you have an extremely dangerous combination. >> i said it was his wife who mentioned he had been suffering from depression, it was actually his spokesperson. but the stigma of mental health problems, there are many people who are embarrassed to acknowledge they're struggling with this kind of depression, reluctant to seek treatment. why does that stigma persist so much in our culture? >> well, i got to -- it's confusing. i mean, it's in the same way that people don't want to tell that they're an alcoholic or drug addict. i'm 29 years clean and sober, i'm out of the closet, i want to talk

dr. samuel rizk -- also credits social media for an uptick in business -- the biggest trend he's seen in6 year career. >> i personally would see two to three patients, uh, a day that have come in from selfies and social media. >> it really bothers me. >> reporter: jen's $15,000 splurj for selfies may seem extreme until you meet 19-year-old danny bowman-- whose selfies led to the most modern of strange afflications. >> for me, it became an obsession. it became taking ten photos, and then it became a habit, to the point where i was taking, you know, two 00 a day. >> 200? >> yeah. >> photos of yourself, a day? >> yes. >> why? >> to seek perfection. i wanted to find the perfect selfie. i wanted to look like them people on the front of vogue, like them people on the front of gq. you know, perfection was, was the key. i can't even get over how bad i thought i looked. >> reporter: it began when danny -- at 15 -- innocently took his first selfie. but that initial picture set off an endless cycle of snapping and scrutinizing. >> they were the perfect way of examining myself. um, examining my face

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