Animals Providing Mental Health Support in Mexican Hospitals
At the Center for Mental Health Care in Mexico City, animals are playing a role in providing mental health therapy to patients.
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At the Center for Mental Health Care in Mexico City, animals are playing a role in providing mental health therapy to patients.
Nine-year-old Alessia Ramos gently pets a hamster at a Mexican hospital where animals ranging from Australian parakeets to a Siberian Husky are being used to provide mental health therapy.The facility is the only public hospital in Mexico using animals to treat mental illnesses, though such therapy is also practiced in other countries.
The facility is the only public hospital in Mexico using animals to treat mental illnesses. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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