Review: A study on pet facilitated therapy (PFT) in mental health disorders.

Mental health is a level of psychological well-being or an absence of mental illness. According to WHO (2014), it is the “a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to...

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Main Authors:	Cho Cho Zaw, Cho Cho Zaw, Ahmad, Norfadzilah, Min @ Mohd Omar, Myat
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Published:	SAS Publishers, India 2019
Subjects:	BF Psychology RT71 Study and Teaching
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spelling	iium-707902019-07-12T08:39:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/70790/ Review: A study on pet facilitated therapy (PFT) in mental health disorders. Cho Cho Zaw, Cho Cho Zaw Ahmad, Norfadzilah Min @ Mohd Omar, Myat BF Psychology RT71 Study and Teaching Mental health is a level of psychological well-being or an absence of mental illness. According to WHO (2014), it is the “a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community”, or “a focus on the absence of disease to the attainment of one’s potential” (Lundy and Janes, 2009). Apart from the conventional medicine and treatment, the alternative treatment such as music therapy, diet, exercises and others are considered as complementary treatment for the clients nowadays. Since the benefits of complementary and alternative therapies have been proven it should not be excluded in caring the client with mental health problems. As the latest trend, PFT has been increasingly used as part of the therapy in treating the clients with various health problems. Thus, this study is aimed to explore the potential benefits of PFT in the client with mental health problems and issues. The findings indicated the benefits of PFT and suggested the use of PFT in care of clients with mental health setting after careful removal of the risks involved and considering the limitations. It is hoped that this study will help improves awareness among the public as well as the health care professions who are dealing with the mental health clients. SAS Publishers, India 2019-01-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70790/1/SJAMS-71-386-389-c.pdf Cho Cho Zaw, Cho Cho Zaw and Ahmad, Norfadzilah and Min @ Mohd Omar, Myat (2019) Review: A study on pet facilitated therapy (PFT) in mental health disorders. Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences, 7 (Volume-7: Issue-1). pp. 386-389. ISSN 2347-954X E-ISSN 2320-6691 https://saspublisher.com/sjams/ SJAMS-913-2018
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description	Mental health is a level of psychological well-being or an absence of mental illness. According to WHO (2014), it is the “a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community”, or “a focus on the absence of disease to the attainment of one’s potential” (Lundy and Janes, 2009). Apart from the conventional medicine and treatment, the alternative treatment such as music therapy, diet, exercises and others are considered as complementary treatment for the clients nowadays. Since the benefits of complementary and alternative therapies have been proven it should not be excluded in caring the client with mental health problems. As the latest trend, PFT has been increasingly used as part of the therapy in treating the clients with various health problems. Thus, this study is aimed to explore the potential benefits of PFT in the client with mental health problems and issues. The findings indicated the benefits of PFT and suggested the use of PFT in care of clients with mental health setting after careful removal of the risks involved and considering the limitations. It is hoped that this study will help improves awareness among the public as well as the health care professions who are dealing with the mental health clients.
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author	Cho Cho Zaw, Cho Cho Zaw Ahmad, Norfadzilah Min @ Mohd Omar, Myat
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title	Review: A study on pet facilitated therapy (PFT) in mental health disorders.
title_short	Review: A study on pet facilitated therapy (PFT) in mental health disorders.
title_full	Review: A study on pet facilitated therapy (PFT) in mental health disorders.
title_fullStr	Review: A study on pet facilitated therapy (PFT) in mental health disorders.
title_full_unstemmed	Review: A study on pet facilitated therapy (PFT) in mental health disorders.
title_sort	review: a study on pet facilitated therapy (pft) in mental health disorders.
publisher	SAS Publishers, India
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Review: A study on pet facilitated therapy (PFT) in mental health disorders.

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