Castle Craig in Edinburgh, Scotland, is the world’s first cryptocurrency addiction treatment center. Established in 1988 as a rehabilitation center for all types of addictions, the clinic has also developed a niche for “crypto addiction.”
Anthony Marini, 56-year-old staff therapist, himself a recovered former gambling addict, Decrypt. He told co:
The experience of constantly watching the erratic rise and fall of cryptocurrencies is an addictive trend that he observes in many of his patients, Marini said;
Marini treated 15 patients aged 20 to 45 who were involved in crypto-asset trading at Castle Craig.
Marini added the following statements to his words;
As it is still a new field, Marini also points out that there is not enough research on which treatment modalities work best for such an addiction.