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The Efficiency of Animal-Assisted Therapy in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Psychotherapeutic Cases

Консультативная психология и психотерапия, 2019
We discuss a rather new approach for the Russian psychotherapeutic practice — animal-assisted therapy. Russian scientific and psychotherapeutic literature lacks scientific studies that comprehensively consider the effectiveness of animal-assisted therapy
Nikolskaya A.V., Kostrigin A.A.
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Rudolph, the kids’ ward reindeer: a scoping review of the effects of support animals on the well-being of healthcare staff

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2023
Background Many systematic reviews identify support animals or animal assisted activity as a beneficial and standard practice in several medical disciplines for patients (children, adolescents, and adults) and residents in care homes.
Thomas C. Erren, Jonas Wallraff, Ursula Wild, David M. Shaw, Philip Lewis   +4 more
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Incorporating the Principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy into Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy.

Phenomena Journal, 2022
Equine-assisted psychotherapy is a promising new psychotherapeutic intervention designed to treat a variety of mild to moderate mental health conditions, however it appears to lack a strong psychological framework underpinning the methodology.
1 Roberta Caiazza, 1Toby King, 2 Melissa Davis, 2 Eva Lee, 2 Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon
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Methodological and Terminological Issues in Animal-Assisted Interventions: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews

Animals, 2020
Recently, animal-assisted interventions (AAIs), which are defined as psychological, educational, and rehabilitation support activities, have become widespread in different contexts.
Antonio Santaniello, Francesca Dicé, Roberta Claudia Carratú, Alessia Amato, Alessandro Fioretti, Lucia Francesca Menna   +5 more
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Determining consistency in the attitudes and actions of providers of animal-assisted services regarding their alignment with standards and ethical practice

Human-Animal Interactions, 2023
The current mixed methods study sought to investigate the actual as well as the perceived practices and alignment with animal-assisted interventions (AAI) ethics and standards of mental health practitioners that partner with an animal in their practice ...
Amy Johnson, Patricia Cameron, Melissa Trevathan-Minnis   +2 more
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(How) Does animal-assisted therapy work? [PDF]

, 2021
Animal-assisted therapy is gaining popularity, but there is no conclusive evidence for its effect. This study investigates the effect of dog-assisted therapy on the social development of children with Down Syndrome and children with Autism Spectrum ...
Steffie van der Steen
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Methodological Development of the Assessment Procedure and of the Course Design «Adaptive Swimming with Dolphins». The Impact on Children with ASD.

Аутизм и нарушение развития, 2021
Nowadays dolphin-assisted therapy is a method of animal-assisted therapy without a standardized form of conduction and effectiveness assessment.
A.A. Zykov, A.E. Vasilyeva, E.Y. Davydova   +2 more
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Animal Assisted Therapy is an effort to reduce symptoms of violent behavior in patients with mental disorders

South East Asia Nursing Research, 2023
Violent behavior is a situation in which a person performs an action that can physically harm himself, others, and the environment. The risk of violent behavior is an angry response that is expressed by making threats or injuring oneself or others ...
Tati Nurbiyati, Pawestri Pawestri, Lily Kusuma Dewi, Arum Lia Arivani, Eugene Indira   +4 more
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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
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Working like a Dog: Exploring the Role of a Therapy Dog in Clinical Exercise Physiology Practice

Animals, 2022
Therapy animals in clinical settings are purported to reduce patients’ anxiety, decrease agitated behaviour, serve as social mediators, enhance the social atmosphere, and increase patients’ openness towards practitioners.
Melainie Cameron, Emily Hewitt, Elizabeth Hollitt, Jacqueline Wood, Samantha Brown   +4 more
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