Therapy animals create judgment-free space, helping those fighting negative feelings. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A new study from the Research Center for Child Psychiatry at the University of Turku in Finland screened school-age children ...

Adjunctive use of therapy dogs in standard child-life therapy is tied to a modest but significantly greater reduction in both ...

Anxiety is common among children visiting the ED, particularly when care involves painful or frightening processes such as blood draws or intravenous access, the authors wrote. Approximately 15% of ...

Pediatric emergency departments could turn to dogs to reduce anxious kids and parents alike, potentially offering an ...

Some young people said being with horses took away the pressure they felt at talk therapy. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Whether recovering from a surgery or trying to prevent minor injuries from getting worse, early sports physical therapy ...

The therapy dog visit also reduced the parent's or guardian's perception of anxiety in the child. Use of anxiety medications was lower in the intervention group but the difference was not ...

For adolescents struggling with substance abuse, traditional in-person interventions such as counseling are not always effective, and rural areas often lack access to these services. A researcher is ...