Pets can relieve mental health sufferers of symptoms important study claims

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Release date: 11/12/2016

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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”.

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TitlePets can relieve mental health sufferers of symptoms, important study claims
Media name/outletOnline newspaper
Media typeWeb
Duration/Length/SizeDaily Express
Date11/12/16
Producer/AuthorAletha Adu
URLwww.express.co.uk/news/uk/742182/Pet-s-relieve-mental-health-sufferers-symptoms-important-study-Manchester-University
PersonsHelen Brooks, Kelly Rushton, Anne Rogers, Karina Lovell

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