The Impact of Therapy and Pet Animals on Human Stress

Edited by Lori R. Kogan
Hardback
October 2024
9781800626515
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  • Publisher
    CABI
  • ISBN 9781800626515
  • Language English
  • Pages 352 pp.
  • Size 7" x 10"
$140.00

Stress can have a deleterious effect on people's mental, physical, and psychological health. There is a growing body of evidence, however, that suggests animals, both as pets and therapy partners, can help mitigate people's stress levels.

This book showcases a rich collection of research papers from Human-Animal Interactions. It highlights research pertaining to pets as well as animal-assisted therapy in both school and professional settings. The book also includes a scene-setting introduction and wrap-up conclusion from the editor.

Providing comprehensive information on the impact of animals on human stress, this book is a useful resource for anyone interested in human health or human-animal relationships.

Lori R. Kogan

Lori R. Kogan, Ph.D. is a Professor of Clinical Sciences at Colorado State University. She is the Chair of the Human-Animal Interaction section of the American Psychological Association and Editor of the Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin, an open-access, online publication supported by the American Psychological Association. She has published numerous journal articles and book chapters, and co-edited books including Pet Loss, Grief, and Therapeutic Interventions: Practitioners Navigating the Human-Animal Bond, Clinician's Guide to Treating Companion Animal Issues: Addressing Human-Animal Interaction, and Career Paths in Human-Animal Interaction for Social and Behavioral Scientists and given invited presentations on topics related to human animal interactions in both psychology and veterinary medicine venues. She is currently engaged in several research projects pertaining to the intersection of the human animal bond and veterinary medicine.

animal assisted therapy; animal assisted interventions; stress and mental health; stress therapies; pets and stress; human-animal interactions; mental health therapies; animals' impact on human stress; therapy in schools; therapy in professional settings; comparative psychology