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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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Animal-assisted Therapy Center : Master's Thesis

, 2023
Ovaj projekt će istražiti tehnike projektiranja za obrazovanje ljudi o životinjama i kako mogu biti od pomoći u terapiji uz pomoć životinja, kao i koliko smo fizički različiti od njih.
Tutiš, Matea
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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?

, 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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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.
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Risks and benefits of animal-assisted interventions for critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units

Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care, 2023
Background Pets offer significant health benefits, from decreased cardiovascular risks to anxiety and post-traumatic stress improvements. Animal-assisted interventions (AAI) are not frequently practiced in the intensive care unit (ICU) for fear of health
Marco Fiore, Andrea Cortegiani, Giansaverio Friolo, Francesca Frigieri Covani, Luigi Cardia, Fausto Ferraro, Daniela Alampi   +6 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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Recommendations for uniform terminology in animal-assisted services (AAS)

Human-Animal Interactions
Through the years, the range of services involving animals benefiting people, often described as “animal-assisted interventions” (AAIs), has been plagued with confusing and inconsistent taxonomy, terminology, and definitions. This has caused difficulties
Amy Johnson Binder, Nancy Parish-Plass, Meg Kirby, Melissa Winkle, Daniela Plesa Skwerer, Laura Ackerman, Cindy Brosig, Wendy Coombe, Esther Delisle, Marie-Jose Enders-Slegers, Jo-Ann Fowler, Laura Hey, Tiffani Howell, Michael Kaufmann, Mariana Kienast, Miyako Kinoshita, Debbie Ngai, Brigitte Wijnen   +17 more
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