Issue 24 | June 2022 — Working Animal
Everybody loves Fido! The Ethics of Including Animals in Mental Health Work
Summary: Animals have been used as adjuncts in therapy since the time of Freud, and there are more and more programs that use animals to help patients communicate and heal. Animal Assisted Play Therapy is a combination of play therapy and animal assisted therapy,...
By Tara Moser and Jodi SmithIssue 23 | June 2022 — Working Animal
COVID-sniffing Dogs One Year Later: New Studies Show Promise
Summary: The canine nose is the most sophisticated tool we have for detecting odors in real-life environments. As soon as the pandemic hit, researchers started looking at whether dogs could be trained to detect if a person is infected with the COVID-19 virus. One year...
By Kayla Fratt, CDBC