Pet-Facilitated Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Tóm tắt
It is suggested that pet-facilitated therapy might be a useful adjuvant on treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. Some motivation and rationale for this idea is given, and a discussion of method of testing it.
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