Intervención Asistida por Animales para la Depresión: Una revisión sistemática
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2022-04-05
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Cada vez es más común el uso de animales para una amplia variedad de problemas médicos o psicológicos con el fin de ayudar a mejorar el estado físico y la salud mental de las personas. En la actualidad, la depresión es uno de los trastornos emocionales más comunes y presenta cada vez mayores tasas de incidencia a nivel mundial. La presente revisión tiene como finalidad principal analizar el estado actual de la Intervención Asistida con Animales en el tratamiento para los trastornos depresivos y además evaluar su eficacia, identificar a las poblaciones más estudiadas y, por último, valorar las limitaciones y puntos a mejora, y así poder llegar a unas conclusiones. Para su realización se diseñó una estrategia de búsqueda bibliográfica en las bases de datos PsycInfo, PsycArticles y PubMed seleccionando los estudios que hayan realizado algún tipo de Intervención Asistida con Animales y en el que los participantes tuviesen algún síntoma depresivo. Los resultados señalan que la introducción de animales en terapia proporciona buenos resultados en los síntomas depresivos además de otros beneficios.
Animals are increasingly being used for a wide variety of medical or psychological problems in order to help improve people's physical and mental health. Today, depression is one of the most common emotional disorders and has increasing incidence rates worldwide. The main purpose of this review is to analyze the current state of Animal Assisted Intervention in the treatment of depressive disorders and also to evaluate its efficacy, identify the most studied populations and, finally, assess the limitations and points for improvement, and thus to be able to reach some conclusions. To carry it out, a literature search strategy was designed in the PsycInfo, PsycArticles and PubMed databases, selecting the studies that had carried out some type of Animal Assisted Intervention and in which the participants had any depressive symptoms. The results indicate that the introduction of animals in therapy provides good results in depressive symptoms in addition to other benefits.
Animals are increasingly being used for a wide variety of medical or psychological problems in order to help improve people's physical and mental health. Today, depression is one of the most common emotional disorders and has increasing incidence rates worldwide. The main purpose of this review is to analyze the current state of Animal Assisted Intervention in the treatment of depressive disorders and also to evaluate its efficacy, identify the most studied populations and, finally, assess the limitations and points for improvement, and thus to be able to reach some conclusions. To carry it out, a literature search strategy was designed in the PsycInfo, PsycArticles and PubMed databases, selecting the studies that had carried out some type of Animal Assisted Intervention and in which the participants had any depressive symptoms. The results indicate that the introduction of animals in therapy provides good results in depressive symptoms in addition to other benefits.