The most important task for a PTSD service dog for veterans is disrupting anxiety

Friday, July 24, 2020 - 14:41 in Psychology & Sociology

Science has shown that service dogs can benefit some veterans with PTSD. But the exact role service dogs play in the day-to-day lives of veterans is less known. A recent study shows what trained tasks service dogs perform the most often and which ones are the most helpful to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. The study found that the task of disrupting episodes of anxiety ranked among the most important and most often used.

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