248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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This fascinating new book addresses the most recent research and provocative findings on the use of pets in mental health therapy. The historical basis of using pets in therapy is reviewed, and numerous examples are provided of results incurred from prescribing pets to disabled, lonely, incarcerated, and institutionalized individuals. The author provides convincing evidence of the therapeutic... Read more
Contents
Pet-Facilitated Therapy: An Introduction
- The Human-Animal Bond
- Why We Love Our Pets: A Naturalistic/Psychoanalytical Approach
- Why We Love Our Pets: A Learning Theory Perspective
- Depression
- Stress and Anxiety
- Psychiatric Patients
- Pets and Children
- Pets and Adolescents
- Pets in the Family
- Pets and the Elderly
- Tiffany: Portrait of a Canine Cotherapist
- Prison Pets
- The Veterinarian as Human Psychologist
- The Death of a Pet
- Pet-Facilitated Therapy for the Physically Challenged
- Closing Thoughts
- Bibliography and Selected Readings
- Appendix: Organizations Involved in Pet Therapy and Research Into the Human-Animal Bond
- Index
Biography
Odean Cusack
