By Zazie Todd, PhD
The Book Club choice for September 2017 is Pets on the Couch: Neurotic Dogs, Compulsive Cats, Anxious Birds, in addition to the New Science of Animal Psychiatry
past times Nicholas Dodman.This page contains affiliate links.
From the cover:
"Racehorses amongst Tourette's syndrome, spinning dogs amongst epilepsy, cats amongst compulsive disorders, feather-plucking parrots amongst anxiety, in addition to a diffident bull terrier amongst autism - these astonishing in addition to hard cases were all helped past times what pioneering veterinary physician Nicholas Dodman calls One Medicine, the profound recognition that humans in addition to other animals percentage the same basic neurochemistry, in addition to that our minds in addition to emotions move inwards like ways. Traditional veterinary treatments did non cure these behaviors because they treated the symptoms every bit disorders of the body, rather than problems of the mind.
physician Dodman, the Oliver Sacks of creature brains, demonstrates that our pets accept thoughts in addition to emotions like to those of humans. His approach in addition to philosophy salve animals' lives, giving promise in addition to attention to pets in addition to owners who are otherwise out of options."
Are y'all reading Pets on the Couch too? Why non instruct out a comment below amongst your thoughts on the book.
Zazie Todd, PhD, is the writer of Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy
. She is the founder of the pop weblog , where she writes most everything from preparation methods to the human-canine relationship. She also writes a column for Psychology Today in addition to has received the prestigious Captain Haggerty Award for Best Training Article inwards 2017. Todd lives inwards Maple Ridge, BC, amongst her husband, i dog, in addition to 2 cats.Useful links:
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