Psychiatric service dogs as a tertiary prevention modality for veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder

Themes 1 and 2 are positive perceptions, and theme 4 suggests relevant potential improvements. The current study offers insights into how PsySDs concretely assist primary users and can help addressing PTSD chronicity. It presents the roles professionals may play when dealing with patients using PsySDs for PTSD. The proposed conceptual framework can be useful to policy makers, dog trainers and caregivers.