Service dogs offer ‘significant’ benefits for veterans with PTSD, study finds [Video]

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The positive impact of service dogs on the mental health of U.S. military veterans has been widely recognized.

Now, the first clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) looked into exactly how pairing service dogs with PTSD-diagnosed veterans improves symptoms.

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As June marks PTSD Awareness Month, the University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine partnered with K9s For Warriors – the nation’s largest provider of trained service dogs, based in Florida – to study over 156 military veterans over three months, based on their self-reported symptoms and doctors’ assessments. 

The largest nationwide survey of …