Another Breed of "Service" Animals: STARS Study Findings About Pet Ownership and Recovery From Serious Mental Illness

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 430-436

  Wisdom, Jennifer P ^a   Saedi, Goal Auzeen ^b   Green, Carla A ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

bipolar disorder; pets; recovery; schizophrenia; STARS study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; EMPOWERMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBJECT RELATION; PET THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350501338     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016812     Document Type: Article

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