Animal-assisted therapy with farm animals for persons with psychiatric disorders: Effects on anxiety and depression, a randomized controlled trial

Occupational Therapy in Mental Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-64

  Berget, Bente ^a   Ekeberg, Øivind ^b   Pedersen, Ingeborg ^a   Braastad, Bjarne O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animal assisted therapy; Anxiety; Depression; Farm animals; Psychiatric patients

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951844779     PISSN: 0164212X     EISSN: 15413101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0164212X.2011.543641     Document Type: Article

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