Equine-Assisted Therapy for Anxiety and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-152

  Earles, Julie L ^a   Vernon, Laura L ^a   Yetz, Jeanne P ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HIPPOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PROCEDURES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; ANXIETY; EQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84927125390     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21990     Document Type: Article

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