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Mental Health and Well-being in Animals -

Mental Health and Well-being in Animals

Franklin D. McMillan (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
400 Seiten
2019 | 2nd edition
CABI Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78639-340-1 (ISBN)
CHF 143,75 inkl. MwSt
The second edition is fully revised, expanded, and updated with the most current knowledge about the full array of mental health issues seen in animals. Written by key opinion leaders and internationally-recognized, it covers basic principles of mental wellness, emotional distress, suffering and mental illness, through to measurement and treatment.
Since publication of the first edition of this book, public concern for the well-being of animals has continued to increase throughout the world. In addition, advances in research over the past decade have yielded an enormous amount of knowledge about animal mental health and wellbeing. Studies on animal stress, distress, emotions, psychological trauma, and mental disorders have brought to light insights on how to care for and treat the animal mind.

The second edition is:
  • Fully revised, expanded, and comprehensively updated with the most current knowledge about the full array of mental health issues seen in animals.
  • Written by key opinion leaders, internationally-recognized experts and specialists.
  • Comprehensive in its coverage, from the basic principles of mental wellness, emotional distress, suffering and mental illness, through to measurement and treatment.
  • Packed with even more practical information, wisdom and clinical tips.

This book remains invaluable to veterinary professionals, animal welfare researchers and advocates, and other animal caregivers.

Franklin D. McMillan, DVM is the director of well-being studies at Best Friends Animal Society. Dr. McMillan is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and the American College of Animal Welfare and was in private practice for 23 years as well as serving as clinical professor of medicine at the Western University of Health Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. McMillan's research concerns animal quality of life and the mental health and emotional well-being of animals who have endured hardship, adversity, and psychological trauma. Dr. McMillan lectures worldwide and has published dozens of scientific journal articles on the subjects of emotional health and suffering, stress, and quality of life in animals.

Part 1: Foundational Issues of Animal Mental Health and Well-being
1: Mental Health in Animals: A Veterinary Behaviorist's View - Debra F. Horwitz
2: The Problems with Well-Being Terminology - Franklin D. McMillan, James W. Yeates
3: The Philosophical and Biological Evolution of Feelings in Well-being - Ian J.H. Duncan
4: The Relationship Between Mental and Physical Health - Melissa Bain, C. A. Tony Buffington
Part 2: The Pleasant Experiences: Mental Wellness
5: Moving Beyond a Problem-based Focus on Poor Animal Welfare Towards Creating Opportunities to Have Positive Welfare Experiences - David J. Mellor, Ngaio J. Beausoleil
6: The Mental Health and Well-being Benefits of Personal Control in Animals - Franklin D. McMillan
7: Quality of Life of Animals in Veterinary Medical Practice - James W. Yeates
8: The Mental Health and Well-Being Benefits of Social Contact and Social Support in Animals - Franklin D. McMillan
9: Subjective Well-being, Happiness, and Personality in Animals - Alexander Weiss, Lauren M. Robinson
10: Fostering Mental and Behavioral Wellness During Upbringing and Throughout Life - Daniel Q. Estep, Suzanne Hetts
Part 3: The Unpleasant Experiences: Distress, Suffering, and Mental Illness
11: What Is Distress? A Complex Answer to a Simple Question - Franklin D. McMillan
12: Suffering, Agency, and the Bayesian Mind - Daniel M. Weary
13: Mental Illness in Animals: Diagnostic Considerations Using Selected Mental Disorders - Karen L. Overall
14: Psychological Trauma and Posttraumatic Psychopathology in Animals - Franklin D. McMillan
Part 4: Mental Health Issues in Special Populations
15: Cognitive and Emotional Disorders in the Aging Pet - Jacqueline Wilhelmy, Gary Landsberg
16: Mental Health Issues in Farm Animals: A Music Mixing Board Model of Behavioral Characteristics Using The Panksepp Emotional System - Temple Grandin
17: Mental Health Issues in the Horse - Daniel S. Mills, Claire Ricci-Bonot, Sophie S. Hall
18: Mental Health Issues in Shelter Animals - Victoria Cussen, Pamela J. Reid
19: The Mental Health of Laboratory Animals - Carine Elkhoraibi, Amy Robinson-Junker, Gina Alvino, Larry Carbone
20: Mental Health Issues in Captive Birds - Lynne M. Seibert
21: Psychological Well-Being in Zoo Animals - David Shepherdson, Kathy Carlstead
22: Mental Health Issues in Captive Cetaceans - Lori Marino
Part 5: Assessment and Management of Emotional Distress and Disorders
23: Assessing Affective States in Animals - Michael Mendl, Elizabeth S. Paul
24: Treatment of Emotional Distress and Disorders - Non-Pharmacologic Methods - Pamela J. Reid
25: Treatment of Emotional Distress and Disorders - Pharmacologic Methods - Sharon Crowell-Davis

Erscheinungsdatum
Co-Autor Gina Alvino, Melissa Bain, Ngaio J Ngaio J, C. A. Tony Buffington
Verlagsort Wallingford
Sprache englisch
Maße 189 x 246 mm
Gewicht 1261 g
Einbandart gebunden
Themenwelt Veterinärmedizin Vorklinik
Veterinärmedizin Klinische Fächer Neurologie / Verhalten
Veterinärmedizin Kleintier Neurologie / Verhalten
Veterinärmedizin Großtier Neurologie / Verhalten
Veterinärmedizin Pferd Neurologie / Verhalten / Haltung
ISBN-10 1-78639-340-9 / 1786393409
ISBN-13 978-1-78639-340-1 / 9781786393401
Zustand Neuware
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