"It's like being in another world": Demonstrating the benefits of therapeutic horseback riding for individuals with psychiatric disability

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 377-384

  Bizub, Anne L ^a,b   Joy, Ann ^c,d   Davidson, Larry ^a,e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fellowship Place Inc   (United States)

^c Yale University School of Medicine   (United States)

^d Managed Serv Syst Great New Haven   (United States)

^e Connecticut Dept Mntl Hlth/Addct ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HORSE; HORSEBACK RIDING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF ESTEEM; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 0037908655     PISSN: 1095158X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2975/26.2003.377.384     Document Type: Article

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