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Benefits of Therapy Dogs in Therapy and Diagnostics of Patients with Psychosocial and Health Difficulties

Gordana Buljan Flander ; Poliklinika za zaštitu djece i mladih Grada Zagreba, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Domagoj Štimac ; Poliklinika za zaštitu djece i mladih Grada Zagreba, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Renata Fridrih ; Poliklinika za zaštitu djece i mladih Grada Zagreba, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ana Raguž ; Poliklinika za zaštitu djece i mladih Grada Zagreba, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Iva Kuculo ; Poliklinika za zaštitu djece i mladih Grada Zagreba, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Romana Galić ; Gradski ured za socijalnu zaštitu i osobe s invaliditetom, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Sažetak

Even though the use of dogs in therapy is already an accepted practice in many institutions, systematic research on this topic is a relatively recent phenomenon. Over the last fifteen years there has been an increased interest in validating this practice, as well as an increase in the number of studies about this topic. In this paper we have attempted to give an overview of the research into the benefits of using therapy dogs in therapy and diagnostics, especially in therapeutic work with children, and we have presented some theoretical frameworks and biological background, mainly the effect of oxytocin, that could explain these effects.

Ključne riječi

Therapy dogs; Animal assisted therapy; oxytocin

Hrčak ID:

214841

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/214841

Datum izdavanja:

7.1.2019.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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