Background There is increasing recognition of the therapeutic function pets can play in
relation to mental health. However, there has been no systematic review of the evidence …

The inclusion of animals in educational practice is becoming increasingly popular, but it is
unclear how solid the evidence for this type of intervention is. The aim of this systematic …

The objective of this study was to propose an intervention and safety protocol for performing
animal-assisted therapy (AAT) and evaluating its efficacy in children under outpatient …

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) includes a set of nonpharmacological interventions aimed at
improving human health through the use of trained or untrained animals. In recent decades …

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is increasingly used to address impaired social competence
in patients with acquired brain injury. However, the efficacy of AAT has not been tested in …

Understanding the process of attachment formation in young children has been a focal point
in child development research for decades. However, young children's attachments are not …

Objective Test if therapy dogs reduce anxiety in emergency department (ED) patients.
Methods In this controlled clinical trial (NCT03471429), medically stable, adult patients were …

Introduction Positive social interactions with farm animals may have therapeutic benefits on
humans by increasing brain oxytocin secretion, as inferred from circulating oxytocin levels …

Background. Postural instability is a prevalent issue among individuals with autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) that affects the development of their perceptual‐motor skills and social …

Animal-assisted interventions (AAIs) reflect an extraordinary opportunity to improve mental
health given the special role that animals (pets) occupy in everyday life and general public …