title: Are consumers going to the dogs (and cats and birds)?
abstract: Pets can fill some of the many voids in a person's life. Pets give people with severe mental illnesses something to care for, a reason and a need to get up in the morning, and a reason to stay out of the hospital.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Hennings
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D002415:Cats / Q000523:psychology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004285:Dogs / Q000523:psychology*; D001841:Human-Animal Bond; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation