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Unleashing compassionate care: canine-assisted intervention as a promising harm reduction approach to prisonization in Canada and its relevance to forensic psychiatry

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
In recent years, there has been a global advancement in the offering of canine-assisted interventions (CAI) in prisons. However, these programs have focused primarily on the benefits to the dogs involved and not on the impact on the participants.
Maryellen Gibson, Colleen Anne Dell, Darlene Chalmers, Grace Rath, Mansfield Mela   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Animal assisted interventions in practice: mapping Italian providers

Veterinaria Italiana, 2019
Animal assisted interventions (AAI) have become increasingly popular in Western countries during the last fifty years, attracting a lot of attention both from the general public and the scientific community.
Marta De Santis, Laura Contalbrigo, Martina Simonato, Mirko Ruzza, Marica Toson, Luca Farina   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current Standards and Practices Within the Therapy Dog Industry: Results of a Representative Survey of United States Therapy Dog Organizations

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
Organizations that deliver animal-assisted interventions (AAIs), as well as those that train, evaluate, and register therapy dogs, have proliferated in recent decades in the United States (U.S.).
James A. Serpell, Katherine A. Kruger, Lisa M. Freeman, James A. Griffin, Zenithson Y. Ng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Animal-Assisted Intervention and Dementia: A Systematic Review [PDF]

Clinical Nursing Research, 2018
This review discusses the relationship between animal-assisted interventions (AAI) and behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). A systematic search was conducted within CINAHL, Web of Science CAB Abstracts, PubMed, Abstracts in Social Gerontology, Google Scholar, and PsycINFO for primary research articles.
Michelle L. Yakimicki, Nancy E. Edwards, Elizabeth Richards, Alan M. Beck   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Animal-assisted interventions with adults with acquired neurogenic communication disorders: a scoping review.

, 2022
Animal-assisted interventions have received increasing interest due to their potential to be used as complementary approaches to traditional therapy practices.
Marie-Pier McSween, Tasman Day, Jessica Hill, Sarah J. Wallace   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The Selection and Training of Shelter Dogs for Involvement in Canine-Assisted Interventions: What Are the Ethical Issues?

Veterinary Sciences
Managing relinquished/stray dogs is a significant socio-economic and ethical challenge necessitating structured policies to ensure animal welfare and integration into society.
Laura Contalbrigo, Elizabeth A. Walsh, Lieve L. Meers, Daniele Benedetti, Marta De Santis, Emma Bassan, Simona Normando   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association Between Individualized Education for Kidney Replacement Therapy Modality Selection and Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito, Ryuichi Yoshimura, Takaki Yamauchi, Yuta Funakoshi, Hirotaka Sonoda, Seiji Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Terawaki, Takafumi Ito   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pets, animal-assisted therapy and social inclusion

, 2018
Purpose: Humans have close relationships with animals for companionship and in working roles. The purpose of this paper is to discuss recent papers on pets and dog-assisted interventions, and relates their findings to social inclusion.
Holttum, S.
core   +1 more source

A Scoping Review on Salivary Oxytocin and Vasopressin Measurement in the Dog

Animals
Oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (AVP) are attracting interest as potential measures for dog welfare and human-dog interactions. The potential for detection and measurement of these two neuropeptides in canine saliva provides a viable alternative to more ...
Marta De Santis, Margherita Soncin, Valentina Bertazzo, Luca Martelli, Diletta Fornasiero, Franco Mutinelli, Laura Contalbrigo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Systematic Review of Equine-Assisted Interventions in Military Veterans Diagnosed with PTSD

Journal of Veterans Studies, 2019
Military veterans transitioning from active duty to civilian life often face challenges during the reintegration process. Reintegration can become more difficult when a veteran is coping with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its sequelae ...
Lisa Boss, Sandy Branson, Heather Hagan, Cheryl Krause-Parello   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source