Pet ownership and physical health

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 386-392

  Matchock, Robert L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal assisted therapy; Health; Human animal interaction; Pet ownership

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MENTAL HEALTH; PET ANIMAL; PET OWNERSHIP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBJECT RELATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OWNERSHIP; PETS;

EID: 84942577949     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000183     Document Type: Review

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