SAN DIEGO, May 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Due to emotional issues among patients, drug treatment facilities are now allowing pets particularly dogs to serve as companions in the treatment facility. Pet Friendly Drug Rehabs believed that the use of animals especially dogs could help a lot for the therapy of the patients. Dogs, the man’s best friend will play a vital role in helping the patients deal with the emotional stress that they are suffering from.
Way back in the 1790s, pets were already used for therapeutic purposes. Some facilities are encouraging the patients to touch and interact with the pets while in the facility. Furthermore, including pets particularly dogs can create a relaxing ambiance in the facility. As a result, the patient can stay calm and attain peace of mind and high level of relaxation.
Using dogs as effective drug treatment facility companions help decrease anxiety and depression among patients. Thus, animals can help to relax agitated feelings of the patients. Scientific studies also revealed that the use of pets could draw positive interactive response among individuals.
Furthermore, having direct contact to animals can help people to smile and to have a positive outlook in life. The presence of the dogs in the drug treatment facilities can help the patients to forget their daily routines including the trauma that they suffered from in the past.
Animals provide people with unconditional love and acceptance that depressed people truly need. Fortunately, the companionship of dogs to the patients can help to reduce the emotional pain that they had. Aside from the emotional effects, dogs can also give physiological effects towards people. According to research, there is a high survival rate of heart surgery patients who have pets in their homes compared to those who don’t have. Having pets can also help people to handle stress more positively.
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