At the Castle Craig clinic in the south of Scotland, scientists developed a treatment program for crypto-currency dependence. The new kind of "frustration" specialists of the rehabilitation center recognize using a questionnaire. The official site of the clinic reports.
According to experts, the trade in crypto-currencies can develop into dependence, when traders continuously monitor fluctuations in the rate of virtual money.
"Castle Craig provides treatment to people who are keen on de-trading, trading in crypto-currencies such as bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and Litecoin. We consider this as a form of gambling, "the report said.
Among the symptoms of cryptependency, scientists call muscle tension, anxiety, constant monitoring of prices for digital assets (including at night), thoughts of trading in the performance of other actions.
"For some people, trading in crypto-currencies is becoming a way to escape to another world, because the world in which they live, they do not like," said the clinic doctor Tony Marini.
In the rehabilitation center, "Kryptonarkomans" work in groups where they tell their stories and, together with specialists, try to get rid of the "addiction" habit.
"Often, traders lose more than they buy, but they continue the so-called" vengeance trade "to try to recoup their losses," says Janice Dorn.
According to the author of articles on behavioral finance and trade neuropsychology Janice Dorn, every tenth trader in the US suffers from cryptependency.