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In animal assisted therapy, horses may aid the treatment of patients with substance use disorders by boosting mood and quality of life

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An evaluation of the effect of equine-facilitated psychotherapy on patients with substance use disorders

image: Therapeutic work with horses, during their long term therapy. view more 

Credit: Michaela Bartoňová, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

In animal assisted therapy, horses may aid the treatment of patients with substance use disorders by boosting mood and quality of life

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0286867

Article Title: An evaluation of the effect of equine-facilitated psychotherapy on patients with substance use disorders

Author Countries: Czech Republic

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.


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