Animal-Assisted Therapy: Current Research and Clinical Reference for PTSD and Other Diseases and Conditions provides the most updated and comprehensive data knowledge on animal-assisted therapy. It synthesizes historical information, theory, clinical practice, and the data from recent clinical studies on animal assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other diseases. Written by international experts drawn from the fields of medicine, clinical psychology and therapy, speech therapy, clinical research, genetics and animal training and welfare this book employs a hypothesis driven, data rich approach to inform readers on current research and serve as a reference for clinical practice and use of animal-assisted therapy. Animal-Assisted Therapy: Current Research and Clinical Reference for PTSD and Other Diseases and Conditions is an important resource for clinicians, researchers, animal trainers and handlers and students who want to understand and utilize animal-assisted therapy in theory and practice. Includes essential information on animal-assisted therapy for clinicians, researchers, students and animal training and handling organizations Examines PTSD in history, theories of the mechanism of clinical action of animal-assisted therapy, and the co-evolution of humans and canines Features contributions by war combat veterans who use animal-assisted therapy for treatment of PTSD