Emotional support animals
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Name (Latin)
Emotional support animals
Other forms of name
ESAs (Emotional support animals)
Support animals, Emotional
See Also From tracing topical name
Animals as aids for people with disabilities
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q5373799
Library of congress:
sh2019000040
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Adrie's guide to service animals, 2013:pages 3-4 and 7-8 (significant coverage of emotional support animals as distinct from service animals; when an animal is not trained to perform any particular tasks, but provides comfort and emotional support to someone who experiences psychological difficulties, that animal is known as an emotional support animal)
- an emotional support animal (ESA) is a companion animal that a medical professional says provides some benefit for a person disabled by a mental health condition or emotional disorder. Differs from a service animal in that the animals receive no specific training ( (Wikipedia website, viewed January 7, 2019) )
- New service roles for animals (pets of all types are prescribed by licensed health care providers as emotional support animals (ESAs) to enhance the clients' ability to function and their general well-being ( (Encyclopedia Britannica website, viewed January 7, 2019:) )
- Emotional support animals, 2017:subtitle (the ins and outs of ESAs)
- Animals in human society, 2016:table of contents (considering the emotional support animal: the "pharmaceuticalization" of companion animals)
- Qualitative case study on best practices of emotional support animal policies, 2018:spine title (Best practices of residential life ESA policies)