FOX NEWS: Pets can help owners manage mental illness

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Pets could play an active role in the treatment of their owners’ long-term mental health problems, according to authors of a small study in the United Kingdom.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/12/20/pets-can-help-owners-manage-mental-illness.html?refresh=true

Period20 Dec 2016

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  • TitleFOX NEWS: Pets can help owners manage mental illness
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletFOX NEWS
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date20/12/16
    DescriptionPets could play an active role in the treatment of their owners’ long-term mental health problems, according to authors of a small study in the United Kingdom.

    Researchers found that many pets were seen as the most valuable and central social support in owners’ lives, often providing secure relationships not available through human ties.

    “Although the value of therapy animals for mental health problems is well documented, the nature of the role pets play in the everyday management of serious mental illness is underexplored,” said lead study author Helen Brooks of the University of Manchester.
    URLwww.foxnews.com/health/2016/12/20/pets-can-help-owners-manage-mental-illness.html?refresh=true
    PersonsHelen Brooks
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  • pets
  • mental health