Animal Assisted Therapy Use Application by Condition provides the most updated and comprehensive data knowledge on animal-assisted therapy. The book synthesizes historical information, theory, clinical practice, and data from recent clinical studies on animal-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other diseases. Written by international experts drawn from the fields of medicine, clinical psychology and therapy, speech therapy, clinical research, and animal training and welfare, this book employs a hypothesis driven, data rich approach to inform readers on current research and serve as a reference for clinical practice and use of animal-assisted therapy.
This is an important resource for clinicians, researchers, animal trainers and handlers and students who want to understand and utilize animal-assisted therapy in theory and practice.
1. Section 1: Introduction - p. xvi 2. Chapter 1. Introduction and synopsis of chapters - p. 3 3. Chapter 2. History of animal-assisted therapy (AAT) and theories of mechanism of action of AAT for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - p. 9 4. Chapter 3. Incorporating animal-assisted therapy into treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder - p. 17 5. Chapter 4. Posttraumatic stress disorder in history, literature, and art - p. 33 6. Section 2: Applications of AAT - p. 41 7. Chapter 5. The use of service dogs for military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder - p. 45 8. Chapter 6. Equine-assisted therapy for veterans with PTSD - p. 65 9. Chapter 7. Avian-assisted therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder - p. 85 10. Animal-assisted therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in sexual trauma survivors - p. 97 11. Chapter 9. Animal-assisted therapy for pediatric patients - p. 119 12. Animal-assisted therapy for cardiac conditions - p. 147 13. Chapter 11. Animal-assisted therapy in geriatric patients - p. 165 14. Section 3: Animal trainers’ and patient perspectives - p. 169 15. Chapter 12. Canine-assisted therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in war veterans: perspective of an animal training organization - p. 173 16. Chapter 13. Animal welfare - p. 191 17. Chapter 14. Canine-assisted therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: a war veteran's perspective - p. 215 18. Section 4: Conclusion - p. 217 19. Chapter 15. Conclusion and future studies and applications of animal-assisted therapy - p. 221 20. Index - p. 225
Animal Assisted Therapy Use Application by Condition provides the most updated and comprehensive data knowledge on animal-assisted therapy. The book synthesizes historical information, theory, clinical practice, and data from recent clinical studies on animal-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other diseases. Written by international experts drawn from the fields of medicine, clinical psychology and therapy, speech therapy, clinical research, and animal training and welfare, this book employs a hypothesis driven, data rich approach to inform readers on current research and serve as a reference for clinical practice and use of animal-assisted therapy.
This is an important resource for clinicians, researchers, animal trainers and handlers and students who want to understand and utilize animal-assisted therapy in theory and practice.
1. Section 1: Introduction - p. xvi 2. Chapter 1. Introduction and synopsis of chapters - p. 3 3. Chapter 2. History of animal-assisted therapy (AAT) and theories of mechanism of action of AAT for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - p. 9 4. Chapter 3. Incorporating animal-assisted therapy into treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder - p. 17 5. Chapter 4. Posttraumatic stress disorder in history, literature, and art - p. 33 6. Section 2: Applications of AAT - p. 41 7. Chapter 5. The use of service dogs for military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder - p. 45 8. Chapter 6. Equine-assisted therapy for veterans with PTSD - p. 65 9. Chapter 7. Avian-assisted therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder - p. 85 10. Animal-assisted therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in sexual trauma survivors - p. 97 11. Chapter 9. Animal-assisted therapy for pediatric patients - p. 119 12. Animal-assisted therapy for cardiac conditions - p. 147 13. Chapter 11. Animal-assisted therapy in geriatric patients - p. 165 14. Section 3: Animal trainers’ and patient perspectives - p. 169 15. Chapter 12. Canine-assisted therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in war veterans: perspective of an animal training organization - p. 173 16. Chapter 13. Animal welfare - p. 191 17. Chapter 14. Canine-assisted therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: a war veteran's perspective - p. 215 18. Section 4: Conclusion - p. 217 19. Chapter 15. Conclusion and future studies and applications of animal-assisted therapy - p. 221 20. Index - p. 225
