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Animal-assisted therapy with farm animals for persons with psychiatric disorders: effects on self-efficacy, coping ability and quality of life, a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: The benefits of Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) for humans with mental disorders have been well-documented using cats and dogs, but there is a complete lack of controlled studies using farm animals as therapeutic agents for psychiatric patients. The study was developed in the context of Gr...

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Autores principales: Berget, Bente, Ekeberg, Øivind, Braastad, Bjarne O
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2323374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18405352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-0179-4-9