Mental health. Pets as therapy: effects on social interaction in long-stay psychiatry.
Many studies have suggested that health and social benefits may be derived from pet ownership or visitation and research has included investigation of the effects of pet visitation upon interaction levels within severely mentally ill populations. The study featured in this article aimed to examine f...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Nursing Vol. 9; no. 21; pp. 2220 - 2226 |
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| Formato: | case study research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Mark Allen Holdings Limited
11/23/2000
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| Sumario: | Many studies have suggested that health and social benefits may be derived from pet ownership or visitation and research has included investigation of the effects of pet visitation upon interaction levels within severely mentally ill populations. The study featured in this article aimed to examine further this relationship while attempting to control for the effects of an extraneous variable (the human dog handler) using an A-B-C-A reversal design. The article concludes that the presence of a pet does, indeed, promote social interactions within a long-stay psychiatric population. |
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