Use of animal-assisted therapy in the rehabilitation of an assault victim with a concurrent mood disorder

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-84

  Sockalingam, Sanjeev ^a   Li, Madeline ^a   Krishnadev, Upasana ^a   Hanson, Keith ^a   Balaban, Kayli ^a   Pacione, Laura R ^b   Bhalerao, Shree ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NURSE ATTITUDE; OBJECT RELATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DOGS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 38649092691     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840701748847     Document Type: Article

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