ArticleMilitary behavioral health2020
"A Part of Our Family"? Effects of Psychiatric Service Dogs on Quality of Life and Relationship Functioning in Military-Connected Couples.
Article in Military behavioral health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Animal-assisted interventions for military families: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Assistance dogs for military veterans with PTSD: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-synthesis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- 'It's not just changed my dad's life, it changed ours too': Adult children's perspectives of PTSD assistance dogs.Journal of military, veteran and family health · 2026Article
- PTSD assistance dogs: concerns for animal well-being, rights, and justice.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- An exploratory investigation of psychosocial effects of service dogs on veterans' families from the perspective of family members.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Can scent-detection dogs detect the stress associated with trauma cue exposure in people with trauma histories? A proof-of-concept study.Frontiers in allergy · 2024Article
- Salute to Service Dogs.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2023Article
- PTSD service dogs foster resilience among veterans and military families.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2023Article
- Quantifying the emotional experiences of partners of veterans with PTSD service dogs using ecological momentary assessment.Complementary therapies in clinical practice · 2022Article
- Posttraumatic stress disorder service dogs and the wellbeing of veteran families.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2022Article
- Human-Animal Interaction and Perinatal Mental Health: A Narrative Review of Selected Literature and Call for Research.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
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Abstract
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can have corrosive impacts on family relationships and individual functioning. Emerging evidence has shown that psychiatric service dogs may be an effective complementary treatment for military veterans with PTSD, benefiting veterans' mental and social health. However, few studies have examined the effects of psychiatric service dogs on the family members of veterans, specifically their partners. Mixed-methods data from 60 veteran-partner dyads examined individual and relationship functioning among partners of veterans paired with a service dog (service dog group;
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