Important elements in farm animal-assisted interventions for persons with clinical depression: A qualitative interview study

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1526-1534

  Pedersen, Ingeborg ^a   Ihlebæk, Camilla ^a,b   Kirkevold, Marit ^c,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Uni Health   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Depression; Farm animal assisted intervention; Green care; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84863943333     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2011.650309     Document Type: Review

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