SECTION 1 Introduction 1. Introduction and Synopsis of Chapters
Chapter 2. History of AAT and Theories of Mechanism of Action of
AAT for PTSD Chapter
SECTION 2 Basic and Clinical Basis for AAT 3. Reduction of
State-Anxiety by Petting Animals in a Controlled Laboratory
Experiment 4. Incorporating Animal Assisted Therapy into Treatment
for PTSD Chapter
SECTION 3 Applications of AAT 5. PTSD in History, Literature and
Art Chapter 6. The Use of Service Dogs for Military Veterans with
PTSD Chapter 7. Equine Assisted Therapy for Veterans with PTSD
Chapter 8. Avian Assisted Therapy for Post-traumatic Stress
Disorder Chapter 9. AAT for PTSD in Sexual Trauma Survivors Chapter
10. AAT in Pediatric Patients Chapter 11. AAT for Patients
Hospitalized with Heart Failure Chapter 12. AAT in Geriatric
Patients
SECTION 4 Animal Trainers' and Patient Perspectives 13. Canine
Assisted Therapy for PTSD in War Veterans: Perspective of an Animal
Training Organization Chapter 14. Animal Welfare Chapter 15. Canine
Assisted Therapy for PTSD: A War Veteran’s Perspective Chapter 16.
Conclusion and Future Studies and Applications of AAT
Eric Altschuler, MD, PhD is Associate Chief and Director of Clinical Research in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Metropolitan Hospital and Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at New York Medical College. Dr. Altschuler is also an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Altschuler is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Brain Injury Medicine, Neuromuscular Medicine and Electrodiagnostic medicine. In addition to clinical work in general PM&R and electro-diagnostics, Dr. Altschuler is a widely published and recognized expert in clinically applied and basic cognitive neuroscience. Dr. Altschuler was the first to report the use of mirror therapy for hemiparesis following stroke and for a combination amputation/orthopedic injury. Dr. Altschuler was the first to publish the use of animal assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) now in wide use for patients across the world.
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