Geographic Availability of Assistance Dogs: Dogs Placed in 2013–2014 by ADI- or IGDF-Accredited or Candidate Facilities in the United States and Canada, and Non-accredited U.S. Facilities [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 Assistance dogs' roles have diversified to support people with various disabilities, especially in the U.S. Data presented here are from the U.S. and Canada non-profit facilities (including both accredited and candidate members that fulfilled partial ...
Sandra Walther +4 more
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Hair cortisol in service dogs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder compared to companion dogs (Canis Familiaris) [PDF]
, 2022 Service dogs are trained to assist humans. This assistance potentially exposes them to stressors To investigate if service dogs are exposed to more stressors than companion dogs we questioned whether hair cortisol levels differed between both groups.
Endenburg, N. +3 more
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The Influence of Service Dogs on Recipients, Families, and Caregivers
, 2022 Though literature on the influence and efficacy of service dogs as a complementary and integrative health intervention option for a variety of needs (e.g., medical, mobility, psychiatric) continues to emerge, a focus on how service dogs are integrated ...
Nieforth, Leanne O
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Attachment Bond Experiences Among Adults Using Service Dogs to Mitigate Psychiatric Disabilities [PDF]
, 2023 Mental illness has a negative influence on U.S. society, affecting more than 21% of adults. Worldwide, approximately 264 million people are impacted by psychiatric conditions.
Jackson, Marcia Lynn
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The effects of assistance dogs on psychosocial health and wellbeing: A systematic literature review.
PLoS ONE, 2020 Beyond the functional tasks that assistance dogs are trained for, there is growing literature describing their benefits on the psychosocial health and wellbeing of their handlers.
Kerri E Rodriguez +4 more
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Numbers of service dogs performing specific tasks for psychiatric support [%].
, 2015 Numbers of service dogs performing specific tasks for psychiatric support [%].
Mayllynne T. Lopez (784964) +2 more
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, 2021 STRUCTURED SUMMARY Introduction: The objective of this article is to review the use of psychiatric service dogs (PSD) as an effective treatment in addition to currently utilized treatment options for veterans diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Gayle-Bennett, Andrea
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Police and sniffer dogs in psychiatric settings [PDF]
, 2008 This is an author-produced electronic version of an article accepted for publication in the British Journal of Psychiatry. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-bulletinAims ...
Khalifa, Najat +2 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Progressive brain atrophy has now been widely observed in the chronic stages of moderate–severe traumatic brain injury (msTBI), but there is only coarse information regarding its prevalence and magnitude, and whether rate of atrophy accelerates or attenuates across time. We examined these questions in a Canadian inception cohort from
Robin E. A. Green +6 more
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Parkinson Disease Subtype Stability and Eventual Convergence
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Previous research identified distinct Parkinson disease (PD) clinical subtypes of “Motor Only,” “Psychiatric & Motor,” and “Cognitive & Motor” based on comprehensive, multidomain classification. Whether these subtypes reflect distinct trajectories or progressive disease stages remains unknown.
Laura M. Rosok +10 more
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