Animal Assisted Therapy | Mamamimi Me

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) incorporates animals into the treatment process to improve patients' social, emotional, or cognitive functioning. AAT has been used in various settings, including hospitals, prisons, and nursing homes. The use of animals in therapy can be classified by the type of animal, targeted population, and incorporation into the therapeutic plan, with canine-assisted therapy and equine-assisted therapy being the most common types.