Could people with psychiatric disorders like bipolar benefit from frequent interaction with animals? For many people the answer could be yes! Today, numerous services have begun to train animals that will assist individuals with a host of different disabilities.
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Many studies have shown that service dogs can have a unique and positive impact on a person’s individual healthy, psychological wellbeing, and social interactions. According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, service dogs give people the chance to interact in social places where a non-disabled person might go. A dog helps to remove isolation and get a person back into a “normal” routine in their life.
Let’s take a look at just some of the ways service dogs can help with bipolar disorder.
Service dogs can be trained to perform tasks that might soothe the negative effects of a person’s mental illness. For instance, they can stop people from crowding an owner, and they can even be trained to recognize panic attacks and nuzzle scared owners to calm them down.
Special service dogs can be trained to deliver messages and remind their owners that they need to take their medications at certain times. They can even help to alert their owners to smoke detectors and phones during periods of sedation.
Service dogs can be trained to judge a person’s capacity to drive in certain situations. They can even prompt a person to slow down or pull off the road if they are acting in a way that might prove to be dangerous.
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Service dogs can be trained to retrieve medications for an individual from a specific spot, and even bring them drinks to swallow pills with. Service dogs can also bring patients phones to make crucial calls with in a medical crisis, and some have even been trained how to dial 911!
Finally, service dogs can be trained to check the home for intruders, and they can turn on lights or open doors to check out an area. In some cases, a service dog can even ensure that a person may safely leave their home during an emergency.
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How do you go about getting a service dog like what you describe? One trained for bipolar? Every one of these mentioned would help perfusely. Especially since being divorced very soon and on my own.
How would someone like me with Bipolar, Major depressive disorder, major anxiety, ADD find out about getting a service dog? And do they get along with a small dog I already have?
How do I find a service dog for a 9 yr old bipolar boy???