Pets can relieve mental health sufferers of symptoms important study claims
Press/Media: Research
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Article in the Daily Express: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/742182/Pet-s-relieve-mental-health-sufferers-symptoms-important-study-Manchester-University
In a study published by scientific journal BMC Psychiatry, Dr Helen Brooks from Manchester University discovered that pets acted as “a form of encouragement” for those with mental health conditions, whilst distracting them from “symptoms and upsetting experiences”.
Media coverage
Title | Pets can relieve mental health sufferers of symptoms, important study claims |
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Media name/outlet | Online newspaper |
Media type | Web |
Duration/Length/Size | Daily Express |
Date | 11/12/16 |
Producer/Author | Aletha Adu |
URL | www.express.co.uk/news/uk/742182/Pet-s-relieve-mental-health-sufferers-symptoms-important-study-Manchester-University |
Persons | Helen Brooks, Kelly Rushton, Anne Rogers, Karina Lovell |