HEALTHFRANCE 24
'Animal medicine': Therapy donkeys help patients at French psychiatric hospital
Patients at a psychiatric hospital near Paris are benefiting from therapy donkeys, which experts and patients say help improve emotional regulation, communication, social interaction, and self-esteem. The donkeys' calm and social nature makes them effective for this therapeutic approach.
Mentioned
Related Signal
Adjacent reporting
- Patients find help with therapy donkeys at psychiatric hospital near Paris
- Horsepower: How horses are therapeutic
- China’s desire for endless youth is wiping out donkeys – can scientists help?
- Wild donkey rescued from trailer park septic tank
- WATCH: Dog owners test out new medicine hack
- Forest therapy: Why a physician wants more doctors to train in nature-based medicine