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A psychiatric service dog is a specific type of service dog trained to assist their handler with a psychiatric disability, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder .〔(Service Dog Central - Psychiatric Service Dogs ) Retrieved on August 17, 2007.〕 Although assistance dogs have traditionally helped people with disabilities such as blindness or more recently deafness or mobility disabilities, there is a wide range of other disabilities that an assistance dog may be able to help with as well, including psychiatric disabilities.〔(Psychiatric Service Dog Society - Psychiatric Service Dog Tasks (retrieved from Internet Archive) ) 〕〔(International Association of Assistance Dog Partners - Service Dog Tasks for Psychiatric Disabilities ) Retrieved on January 31, 2007.〕 == Training == Like all assistance dogs, a psychiatric service dog is individually trained to do work or perform tasks that mitigate their handler's disability.〔(Service Dog Central - Psychiatric Service Dog Tasks )〕 Training to mitigate a psychiatric disability may include providing environmental assessment (in such cases as paranoia or hallucinations), signaling behaviors (such as interrupting repetitive or injurious behaviors), reminding the handler to take medication, retrieving objects, guiding the handler from stressful situations, or acting as a brace if the handler becomes dizzy.〔〔〔 Psychiatric service dogs may be of any breed or size suitable for public work. Many psychiatric service dogs are trained by the person who will become the handler—usually with the help of a professional trainer. Others are trained by assistance or service dog programs. Assistance dog organizations are increasingly recognizing the need for dogs to help individuals with psychiatric disabilities, and there are even organizations dedicated specifically to supporting psychiatric service dog handlers.〔(Psychiatric Service Dog Partners ) Retrieved on August 5, 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「psychiatric service dog」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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