They can rely on animals when people are less trustworthy, available and tolerant.” (I do not write such letters for clients.)Įarly in my training, a supervisor told me that his own pets sometimes came into his office, and that patients felt calmed by them. John Howland, a friend who is a psychiatrist in Massachusetts, told me that his patients often request that he “certify some kind of emotional dependence on animals to live with them, usually in supportive housing, or to allow their animals to accompany them on planes or other public transit.” He said: “Most people who request such letters are in various stages of anxiety and sometimes depression. Animals are often soothing and comforting, which is why they are used for therapy in nursing homes, hospitals and schools. One is that, according to statistics from the World Health Organization, the level of both anxiety and depression in the world has increased drastically in the past decade.
There seem to be three basic reasons for this uptick in support animals.
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