Animal-Assisted Therapy in the Residential Treatment of Dual Pathology
| Autor: | Miguel Monfort Montolio, Javier Sancho-Pelluz |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Substance-Related Disorders Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis medicine.medical_treatment impulsiveness Animal-assisted therapy lcsh:Medicine Life skills Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Barratt Impulsiveness Scale Dogs Animal Assisted Therapy Surveys and Questionnaires Activities of Daily Living animal-assisted therapy medicine Animals Humans In patient Attention 030212 general & internal medicine Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Motivation Rehabilitation business.industry Mental Disorders lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health residential treatment dual pathology Impulsive Behavior Quality of Life life skills Female business Substance abuse disorder 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 1, p 120 (2019) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 17 Issue 1 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a complementary intervention of therapy that has shown positive results in the treatment of various pathologies. This study assesses the viability of the implementation and the effectiveness of an AAT program in patients diagnosed with substance abuse disorder and associated mental disorders (dual pathology). For the study, a dynamic prospective cohort was used, consisting of 43 patients in residential treatment. The program consisted of 10 sessions with a duration of about 60 min, where data was collected in the 3rd, 6th and 10th sessions. The Life Skills Profile questionnaire (LSP) and the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) were used for subsequent evaluation. Patients who participated in the program showed an improvement in daily skills, which favoured a better quality of life and decreased impulsiveness, enabling them to regain self-control. These results suggest that the dog can be a multi-sensory stimulus that captures attention, and improves motivation, cooperation and patient involvement in therapy. It was concluded that AAT can serve as an adjunctive therapy in the rehabilitation processes of people diagnosed with dual pathology. |
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