Humans have long realized that dogs can be helpful, in a number of ways, to achieving
important goals. This is evident from our earliest interactions involving the shared goal of …

Psychiatric assistance dogs for military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
currently make up over 19% of assistance dog partnerships globally. We conducted a …

Previous research suggests that dogs can detect when humans are experiencing stress.
This study tested whether baseline and stress odours were distinguishable to dogs, using a …

While our understanding of adult dog cognition has grown considerably over the past 20
years, relatively little is known about the ontogeny of dog cognition. To assess the …

Importance Military members and veterans (hereafter, veterans) with posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) increasingly seek psychiatric service dogs as a complementary …

Psychiatric service dogs are an emerging complementary intervention for posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD). Initial evidence suggests that partnership with a service dog may be …

Introduction Service dog placements for autistic children are growing in popularity, yet
findings to date are mixed. Moreover, no study to date has examined these placements …

Simple Summary Accounting for the global rise in mental health disorders, sustainable
therapeutic strategies are urgently needed. However, despite the increasing interest in dogs …

Objective: Psychiatric service dog placements may benefit psychosocial functioning for
veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), however, these effects have never been …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 14 (3) of
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (see record 2022-33825 …