International Journal of Neurorehabilitation

Frédéric Dumont

Publications

• Research Article
  A Logic Model as the Sequence of Needs and Experience that Lead PTSD Patients to Seek a Service Dog and Concerns Related to It: A Stakeholders Perspective
  Author(s): Claude Vincent, Geneviève Belleville, Dany H Gagnon, Édouard Auger, Vicky Lavoie, Markus Besemann, Noël Champagne and Frédéric DumontClaude Vincent, Geneviève Belleville, Dany H Gagnon, Édouard Auger, Vicky Lavoie, Markus Besemann, Noël Champagne and Frédéric Dumont
  
  Health professionals are hesitant to recommend psychiatric service dogs (PSD) to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder given that there is no scientific evidence to support their effectiveness. In recent years, new dog training schools for PSD have emerged in the community with different approaches. The objective of this study is to propose a logic model that examines how service dogs assist veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and that shows concerns related to PSD. A participatory design through a consultation with stakeholders across Canada was realized (dog trainers=12, veterans having a PSD=2, veterans from advocate organizations=4, medical doctors=3, Canadian general standard board=1). They were interviewed in February 2015 via a phone qualitative interview. Questions were about tasks for which the dog should be trained to help th.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2376-0281.1000268

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