title: Pet-facilitated therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder.
abstract: It is suggested that pet-facilitated therapy might be a useful adjuvant on treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. Some motivation and rationale for this idea is given, and a discussion of method of testing it.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0606, USA.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Altschuler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000628:therapy*