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The effects of pets on schizophrenics in a day treatment program
Contributor(s):: Carol Lynne Eyster
In an effort to record the therapeutic effects of animals, three rabbits were introduced into a group therapy setting. Eight subjects (two female, six male) having the diagnosis of schizophrenia, chronic type and participating in a day treatment program were observed by four trained observers....
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Catching Dreams Out at the Ranch
Contributor(s):: Eileen Bona
This newspaper article speaks to the effects of an animal and nature assisted therapy program for people with disabilities and mental health diagnoses in Alberta Canada.
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Another breed of "service" animals: STARS study findings about pet ownership and recovery from serious mental illness
| Contributor(s):: Jennifer P. Wisdom, Goal Auzeen Saedi, Carla A. Green
This study elucidates the role of pets in recovery processes among adults with serious mental illness. Data derive from interviews with 177 HMO members with serious mental illness (52.2% women, average age 48.8). Interviews and questionnaires addressed factors affecting recovery processes and...
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Non conventional psychiatric rehabilitation in schizophrenia using therapeutic riding: the FISE multicentre Pindar project
| Contributor(s):: Stefania Cerino, Francesca Cirulli, Flavia Chiarotti, Stefano Seripa
The FISE (Federazione Italiana Sport Equestri) Pindar is a multicentre research project aimed at testing the potential effects of therapeutic riding on schizophrenic patients. Twenty-four subjects with a diagnosis of schizophrenia were enrolled for a 1 year-treatment involving therapeutic riding...
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An exploratory study of the effect of animal-assisted therapy on nonverbal communication in three schizophrenic patients
| Contributor(s):: Kovacs, Z., Bulucz, J., Kis, R., Simon, L.
Animal-assisted therapy has been used in the treatment and rehabilitation of several physical and mental disorders, but its effectiveness for chronic schizophrenic patients has been evaluated in only a few studies. Our purpose was to introduce animal-assisted group therapy in the rehabilitation...
