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work_7cpy3t2xbre6hkshrm6mwx5yci	A Pugliese	Pet therapy and geriatrics: a social-sanitary connection	2010.0	1	.pdf	application/pdf	523	56	43	Pet therapy and geriatrics: a social-sanitary The Pet therapy has effective intervention strategies to The aim of Pet Therapy is to means of contact with pets, experience a state of wellbeing connected to: • biological mechanisms: activation of specific neurotransmitters produce a rise in the level of endorphins, a decrease in the levels of adrenalin and • affective-emotional mechanisms (i.e. soul expressions): in men and superior animals neurons that • psychological mechanisms: by means of pets, man mourning and/or stressful events, home change, hospitalization in old's people home, loss of social and emotional 1. Pugliese A: Pet Therapy Strategie d'intervento e linee guida. 2. Kongable LG, Buckwalter KC, Stolley JM: The effects of pet therapy on the Cite this article as: Pugliese et al.: Pet therapy and geriatrics: a socialsanitary connection. 1Pet Therapy Center, University of Messina, 98100, Italy 1Pet Therapy Center, University of Messina, 98100, Italy © 2010 Pugliese et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2774672?dopt=Abstract	./cache/work_7cpy3t2xbre6hkshrm6mwx5yci.pdf	./txt/work_7cpy3t2xbre6hkshrm6mwx5yci.txt