The Impact of Service Dogs on Military Veterans and (Ex) First Aid Responders With Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

The Impact of Service Dogs on Military Veterans and (Ex) First Aid Responders With Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Due to its novelty and lack of empirical study it remains unclear if a service dog truly mitigates the burden of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. To cross sectionally investigate the effect of service dogs on veterans and first aid responders with PTSD, we studied subjective and physi...

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Main Authors: Emmy A. E. van Houtert, T. Bas Rodenburg, Eric Vermetten, Nienke Endenburg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
service dog
PTSD
veteran
dog
post-traumatic stress disorder
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.834291/full

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