Animal-assisted therapy
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animal-assisted-therapy-203-11672262
title:
Animal-assisted therapy
text:
Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is an alternative or complementary type of therapy that includes the use of animals in a treatment. The goal of this animal-assisted intervention is to improve a patient's social, emotional, or cognitive functioning. Studies have documented some positive effects of the therapy on subjective self-rating scales and on objective physiological measures such as blood pressure and hormone levels. The specific animal-assisted therapy can be classified by the type of animal
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Alternative or complementary type of therapy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal-assisted_therapy
date created:
2006-08-14T00:55:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T17:04:59Z
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13
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