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Animal-assisted interventions: making better use of the human-animal bond [PDF]

, 2014
In the third of Veterinary Record’s series of articles promoting One Health, Daniel Mills and Sophie Hall discuss the therapeutic effects of companion animals, the influence of pets on childhood development and how researchers are elucidating the true ...
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, ANON, Auyeung, Ayres, Banks, Barker, Barker, Beetz, Berkman, Bowlby, Chandler, Charnetsky, Cohen, Cohen, Corson, Deloache, Friedmann, Friesen, Grandgeorge, Gross, Gunter, Haggerty, Headey, Headey, Headey, Heimlich, Kahn, Katcher, Kellert, Knapp, Kruger, Kumasaka, Lang, Macdonald, Marino, Mcnicholas, Melson, Merrick, Mossello, MuÑoz, Nathanson, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CLINICAL EXCELLENCE, Norris, O'haire, Panksepp, Poresky, Rieger, Rogers, Serpell, Silva, Turner, Van houtte, Vidovic, Walsh, Wilson, Wisdom   +55 more
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Positive Effects of a Short-Term Dog-Assisted Intervention for Soldiers With Post-traumatic Stress Disorder—A Pilot Study

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is diagnosed in 3% of German and 14–16% of US military following deployment abroad. The treatment of PTSD in soldiers is often challenging and thus new, additional interventions supporting traditional trauma therapy ...
Andrea Beetz, Andrea Beetz, Ira Schöfmann, Roland Girgensohn, Roger Braas, Christiane Ernst   +5 more
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Use of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging Angiography to Follow-Up Arterial Remodeling in an Animal Model [PDF]

, 1998
Appropriately sized arteries in small animals may be possible models for studying the remodeling process as occurs after arterial balloon injury in humans. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is able to noninvasively image tissue in vivo.
Berthold Höfling, Johannes Schirmer, Losordo DW, Markus Schwaiger, Mintz GS, Serap Esin, Sigrid Nikol, Stephan Nekolla, Tanya Y. Huehns, Toussaint JF   +9 more
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Exploring diversity, equity, and inclusion perceptions among leadership in the field of Human-Animal Interaction

Human-Animal Interactions, 2023
The field and study of human-animal interaction (HAI) have experienced substantial and ongoing growth in scientific rigor and, public awareness. Yet, considerations for the role of diversity in the field have thus far remained limited, and efforts to ...
Clare L. Jensen, Jennifer Ogeer, Alan M. Beck, Marguerite E. O’Haire   +3 more
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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Animal-Assisted Therapy and play therapy In reducing Primary school children Components of behavioral disorders. [PDF]

Ravānshināsī-i Afrād-i Istis̠nāyī, 2021
Objective: The present study aimed is Comparison of the Effectiveness of Animal-Assisted Therapy and play therapy In reducing Primary school children Components of behavioral disorders.
mohsen siavashi, Noor Ali Farrokhi, Kourosh Goodarzi, . Mehdi Roozbahani   +3 more
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Effects of animal-assisted activity on self-reported feelings of pain in hospitalized children and adolescents

Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 2016
Animal-assisted intervention (AAI) is an approach recently introduced into the hospital environment to improve the quality of hospitalization and provide important benefits for patients with chronic diseases and long-term hospitalizations. This work aims
Tatiane Ichitani, Maria Claudia Cunha
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Current Perspectives on Therapy Dog Welfare in Animal-Assisted Interventions

Animals, 2017
Research into the effects of animal-assisted interventions (AAIs) has primarily addressed human health outcomes. In contrast, only few publications deal with the therapy dog experience of AAIs. This paper provides an overview on potential welfare threats
Lisa Maria Glenk
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Emotional robots: principles and practice with PARO in Denmark, Germany and the UK [PDF]

, 2013
As societies age there will be a significant increase of those over 80 and a predicted increase in people with dementia. We know that loneliness increases with old age, and those living with dementia are at risk of social isolation.
Cook, Glenda, Gaerdt, Lone, Klein, Barbara   +2 more
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French handlers’ perspectives on Animal-Assisted Interventions

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 2021
Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI) are well implemented in human healthcare, in France as elsewhere; yet there are still difficulties in characterizing these practices and misconceptions about their mechanisms - little is known about the French practice of AAI and about the human-animal team.This study aims to characterize AAI by exploring their ...
Mignot, Alice, de Luca, Karelle, Leboucher, Gérard, Servais, Véronique   +3 more
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Animal-assisted crisis response: Characteristics of canine handlers and their canine partners

Human-Animal Interactions, 2023
As we encounter many disasters and crises worldwide, various forms of crisis intervention are utilized to assist those who are impacted. In the United States, animal-assisted crisis response (AACR), the use of highly trained and experienced therapy dogs ...
Yvonne M. Eaton-Stull, Batya Jaffe, Kay Scott, Makenzie Shiller   +3 more
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