Animal Assisted Therapy Use Application by Condition

ISBN-13: 9780323988155 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Eric Altschuler

Spis treści

SECTION 1 Introduction 1. Introduction and Synopsis of Chapters Chapter 2. History of AAT and Theories of Mechanism of Action of AAT for PTSD Chapter

SECTION 2 Basic and Clinical Basis for AAT 3. Reduction of State-Anxiety by Petting Animals in a Controlled Laboratory Experiment 4. Incorporating Animal Assisted Therapy into Treatment for PTSD Chapter

SECTION 3 Applications of AAT 5. PTSD in History, Literature and Art Chapter 6. The Use of Service Dogs for Military Veterans with PTSD Chapter 7. Equine Assisted Therapy for Veterans with PTSD Chapter 8. Avian Assisted Therapy for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Chapter 9. AAT for PTSD in Sexual Trauma Survivors Chapter 10. AAT in Pediatric Patients Chapter 11. AAT for Patients Hospitalized with Heart Failure Chapter 12. AAT in Geriatric Patients

SECTION 4 Animal Trainers' and Patient Perspectives 13. Canine Assisted Therapy for PTSD in War Veterans: Perspective of an Animal Training Organization Chapter 14. Animal Welfare Chapter 15. Canine Assisted Therapy for PTSD: A War Veteran's Perspective Chapter 16. Conclusion and Future Studies and Applications of AAT

O autorze

Eric Altschuler, MD, PhD is Associate Chief and Director of Clinical Research in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Metropolitan Hospital and Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at New York Medical College. Dr. Altschuler is also an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Altschuler is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Brain Injury Medicine, Neuromuscular Medicine and Electrodiagnostic medicine. In addition to clinical work in general PM&R and electro-diagnostics, Dr. Altschuler is a widely published and recognized expert in clinically applied and basic cognitive neuroscience. Dr. Altschuler was the first to report the use of mirror therapy for hemiparesis following stroke and for a combination amputation/orthopedic injury. Dr. Altschuler was the first to publish the use of animal assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) now in wide use for patients across the world.