Pet Therapy in Addiction Treatment

Spending time with dogs, birds, rabbits, or bigger animals like horses, alpacas, and llamas can influence mental health in an extremely positive way. In fact, Animal-Assisted Therapy is part of some Substance Use Disorders programs. AAT enhances a healing process by fixing bodies, minds, and souls that have been damaged by substance abuse. Its positive results are listed in our infographic.

Addiction Resource authors say that calming effects of interacting with pets play its necessary role during the initial state of treatment, when an individual has to deal with stress and unfamiliar surroundings.

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Infographic Source: https://addictionresource.com/guides/pet-therapy/

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