Dog-Assisted Therapy in Mental Health Care: A Qualitative Study on the Experiences of Patients with Intellectual Disabilities

• Hauptverfasser: Anke van Schooten (Verfasst von), Nienke Peters-Scheffer (Verfasst von), Marie-José (Verfasst von), Inge Verhagen (Verfasst von), Robert Didden (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: MDPI AG, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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(1) Background: Dog-assisted therapy (DAT) is an experiential intervention to promote psychological, physical, and social functioning in children and adults. Only few studies have been conducted on DAT in adults with a mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning (MID-BIF). Th...