Soins. Psychiatrie.
Publisher:
S.F.I.R.E.C.. Paris : Masson
Frequency: Bimonthly, 1998-
Country: France
Language: fre
Author(s):
S.F.I.R.E.C. (Society)
Start Year:1980 -
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 0241-6972 (Print) 0241-6972 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 8203334 |
| (OCoLC): | 08411693 |
| (DNLM): | S30548000(s) |
| Classification: | W1 SO8862T |
[Contribution of equine therapy in the management of post-traumatic stress disorder]. For several years, animal-mediated therapies have been used in the treatment of psychiatric patients. Post-traumatic stress disorder has the particularity of being generated by an external event in a person a priori free of mental pathology. In this disorder, various so-called targeted psychotherapies have proven to be effective, including equine therapy.
[Equine-assisted therapy in child psychiatry]. The use of a horse or pony as a therapeutic tool is often presented in the media as a recent phenomenon. A survey of 103 institutions shows that it is in fact an approach well rooted in child and adolescent psychiatry. However, professionals who use equine-assisted therapy are calling for an assessment to be carried out enabling them to hone their practices.