Engaging Adolescents: Animal Assisted Therapy for Adolescents with Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders.
Objectives: This study compares treatment engagement and outcomes between two groups of adolescents with psychiatric and substance use disorders (SUD): one received treatment with Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) and another without AAT. Methods: This is an exploratory study with a quasi-experimental p...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 307 - 315 |
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