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Effectiveness of animal-assisted interventions for children and adults with post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Previous research has linked CAT and animal-assisted interventions to decreased PTSD symptoms in mixed-age samples.
“as well as decreased PTSD symptoms in mixed-age samples [29, 30].”
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- Authors
- Hediger, K., Wagner, J., Künzi, P., Haefeli, A., Theis, F., Grob, C., Pauli, E., & Gerger, H.
- Affiliations
- Faculty of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- REHAB Basel, Clinic for Neurorehabilitation and Paraplegiology, Basel, Switzerland
- Venue
- European Journal of Psychotraumatology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2021-01
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 2000-8066
- PMC
- PMC8330800
- Cited by
- 61
- References
- 14
- Language
- en
- Funders
- Swiss National Science Foundation (PZ00P1_174082)
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