THE THERAPEUTIC BEAST: Neuropsychology of the Bond and the Architecture of Animal Connection in Development
Abstract
It is a delightful irony that, after centuries of attempting to distance ourselves from the animal kingdom through language, formal logic, and complex psychopharmaceuticals, we end up admitting that a Golden Retriever with zero formal education can achieve clinical breakthroughs that sometimes elude even the most laureated therapists. As editors, we often view any intervention that does not undergo a double-blind study with skepticism, but the accumulated evidence on Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI) finally compels us to lower our guard. We are not facing a passing fad; we are facing a first-order biopsychosocial tool.
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