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The influence of animal ownership on mental health for people with severe mental illness: Findings from a UK population cohort study

Human-Animal Interactions, 2023
Background and aims: There is increasing evidence to suggest companion animal ownership may positively impact mental health and wellbeing. However, there is limited research related to the role of companion animal ownership for mental health that focuses
Emily Shoesmith, Ben Lorimer, Emily Peckham, Lauren Walker, Elena Ratschen   +4 more
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The New Status Quo: Enhancing Access to Human–Animal Interactions to Alleviate Social Isolation & Loneliness in the Time of COVID-19

Animals, 2021
Access to human–animal interactions (HAI) have been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Service animals that were trained and accustomed to daily access to public places had to adjust to staying at home. Therapy animals and their handlers who previously
Zenithson Ng, Taylor Chastain Griffin, Lindsey Braun   +2 more
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Defining the PTSD Service Dog Intervention: Perceived Importance, Usage, and Symptom Specificity of Psychiatric Service Dogs for Military Veterans

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
Research suggests that psychiatric service dogs may be an effective complementary treatment option for military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Kerri E. Rodriguez, Kerri E. Rodriguez, Megan R. LaFollette, Megan R. LaFollette, Megan R. LaFollette, Karin Hediger, Niwako Ogata, Marguerite E. O’Haire, Marguerite E. O’Haire   +8 more
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Transcriptome analysis of MBD5-associated neurodevelopmental disorder (MAND) neural progenitor cells reveals dysregulation of autism-associated genes

Scientific Reports, 2021
MBD5-associated neurodevelopmental disorder (MAND) is an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) characterized by intellectual disability, motor delay, speech impairment and behavioral problems; however, the biological role of methyl-CpG-binding domain 5, MBD5 ...
Sureni V. Mullegama, Steven D. Klein, Stephen R. Williams, Jeffrey W. Innis, Frank J. Probst, Chad Haldeman-Englert, Julian A. Martinez-Agosto, Ying Yang, Yuchen Tian, Sarah H. Elsea, Toshihiko Ezashi   +10 more
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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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Pet Ownership and Quality of Life: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Veterinary Sciences, 2021
Pet ownership is the most common form of human–animal interaction, and anecdotally, pet ownership can lead to improved physical and mental health for owners. However, scant research is available validating these claims.
Kristel J. Scoresby, Elizabeth B. Strand, Zenithson Ng, Kathleen C. Brown, Charles Robert Stilz, Kristen Strobel, Cristina S. Barroso, Marcy Souza   +7 more
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Hefting onto place: intersecting lives of humans and sheep on Scottish hills landscape [PDF]

, 2014
This paper analyzes the phenomenon called hefting of sheep onto the landscape of hill sheep farms in the Scottish Borders. It is based upon data collected during extended periods of ethnographic fieldwork beginning in 1981 and continuing to the present ...
Gray, J.
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Policing in nonhuman primates: partial interventions serve a prosocial conflict management function in rhesus macaques. [PDF]

, 2013
Studies of prosocial policing in nonhuman societies traditionally focus on impartial interventions because of an underlying assumption that partial support implies a direct benefit to the intervener, thereby negating the potential for being prosocial in ...
Beisner, Brianne A, McCowan, Brenda
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Human-animal relationships and interactions during the Covid-19 lockdown phase in the UK: Investigating links with mental health and loneliness.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundThe Covid-19 pandemic raises questions about the role that relationships and interactions between humans and animals play in the context of widespread social distancing and isolation measures. We aimed to investigate links between mental health
Elena Ratschen, Emily Shoesmith, Lion Shahab, Karine Silva, Dimitra Kale, Paul Toner, Catherine Reeve, Daniel S Mills   +7 more
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Development of the cat-owner relationship scale (CORS) [PDF]

, 2017
Characteristics of the human-animal bond can be influenced by both owner-related and pet-related factors, which likely differ between species. Three studies adapted the Monash Dog-Owner Relationship Scale (MDORS) to permit assessment of human-cat ...
American Veterinary Medical Association, Anderson, Animal Health Alliance, Anna Holloway, Bradshaw, Downey, Dwyer, Emerson, Herzog, Howell, Jaume Fatjó, Johnson, Jonathan Bowen, Lago, Miller, Paula Calvo, Pauleen C. Bennett, People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals, Staats, Templer, Tiffani J. Howell, Wilson, Wilson, Winefield, Zasloff, Zasloff   +25 more
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