Doggie Therapy

According to this article, pet therapy can be a very effective and comforting therapy for people suffering from schizophrenia. The short version is that they gave regular pet therapy sessions ten schizophrenics over a ten week period and subjectively observed an improvement in their level of happiness. There something so magical about companion animals, isn't there? Of course, don't ask me to repeat that when my Golden retriever wants to go out at 10 PM on a freezing winter night ...

Pet therapy is valuable for another reason as well ... they remind everyone that we are not dealing with abstract figures - schizophrenics are comforted by a nice, well-behaved dog, just like most anyone else. It reminds everyone involved of their humanity.