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20th May 2021

A Partner’s Perspective – Part 2

Stu is a loving father and husband, he has a wicked sense of humour and is kind and compassionate (well most of the time – no one is that perfect all of the time,...

- Increase in patience, impulse control, emotional regulation
- Improved ability to display affection, decrease in emotional numbness
- Improved sleep
- Decreased depression, increase in positive sense of purpose
- Decrease in startle responses
- Reduce anxiety & lower blood pressure
- Decrease in pain medications
- Increased sense of belonging/acceptance
- Lowered stress levels, increased sense of calm

From Service Dog Training Program for Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress in Service Members - Yount, Olmert, Lee published: US Army Medical Department Journal 2012

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A Partner’s Perspective – Part 2

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