Animal-assisted therapy on happiness and life quality of chronic psychiatric patients living in psychiatric residential care homes: a randomized controlled study
Abstract Background Psychiatric patients who live in psychiatric residential care homes may often feel a loss of autonomy, decision making, and participation in social activities. They usually have few or no visitors and also do not have any purpose for living. Animals may increase the happiness and...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Psychiatry |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02980-8 |