Animal-assisted therapy - A new trend in the treatment of children and addults

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-241

  Dimitrijević, Ivan ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Animals; Birds; Quality of life; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADDICTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; BIRD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DOG; ELDERLY CARE; HORSE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONELINESS; PHOBIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATS; CHILD; DOGS; HORSES; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP;

EID: 67651213802     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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