The AP (6/4, Johnson ) reports, “Specially trained service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in U.S. military veterans in a small study that the researchers hope will help expand options for service members.” In the study, “researchers compared 81 veterans who received service dogs with 75 veterans on the waiting list for a trained dog,” and “after three months, PTSD symptoms improved in both groups, but the veterans with dogs saw a bigger improvement on average than the veterans on the waiting list.” The study was published in JAMA Network Open.
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— “Service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in US military veterans, researchers say,”Carla K. Johnson, AP, June 4, 2024