Animal Assisted Therapy Use Application by Condition - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0323988156 ISBN 13: 9780323988155

Publisher: Academic Press, 2022

Synopsis

Animal Assisted Therapy Use Application by Condition provides the most updated and comprehensive data knowledge on animal-assisted therapy. The book synthesizes historical information, theory, clinical practice, and data from recent clinical studies on animal-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other diseases. Written by international experts drawn from the fields of medicine, clinical psychology and therapy, speech therapy, clinical research, and animal training and welfare, this book employs a hypothesis driven, data rich approach to inform readers on current research and serve as a reference for clinical practice and use of animal-assisted therapy.

This is an important resource for clinicians, researchers, animal trainers and handlers and students who want to understand and utilize animal-assisted therapy in theory and practice.

• Includes essential information on animal-assisted therapy for clinicians, researchers, students, and animal training and handling organizations
• Examines PTSD in history, literature and arts, along with theories of the mechanism of clinical action of animal-assisted therapy
• Features contributions by war combat veterans who use animal-assisted therapy for the treatment of PTSD

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

Animal Assisted Therapy Use Application by Condition provides the most updated and comprehensive data knowledge on animal-assisted therapy. It synthesizes historical information, theory, clinical practice, and the data from recent clinical studies on animal assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other diseases.Written by international experts drawn from the fields of medicine, clinical psychology and therapy, speech therapy, clinical research, genetics and animal training and welfare this book employs a hypothesis driven, data rich approach to inform readers on current research and serve as a reference for clinical practice and use of animal-assisted therapy. Animal Assisted Therapy Use Application by Condition is an important resource for clinicians, researchers, animal trainers and handlers and students who want to understand and utilize animal-assisted therapy in theory and practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323988156
• ISBN 13: 9780323988155
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 246
• Editor: Altschuler Eric