Animal Therapy for PTSD Treatment Becoming More Popular Says Igor Purlantov Source: http://www.listfree.org/37538-animal-therapy-for-ptsd-treatment-becoming-more-popular-says-igor-purlantov.html With an increased number of military personnel returning home from deployment overseas, there has been an increased focus on ways to treat posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through animal therapy according to animal rights advocate Igor Purlantov. The need for an effective treatment of PTSD is crucial given that an estimated one in five Iraq war veterans has some degree of PTSD or combat related stress but only one third of those screened receives any treatment. Although animal therapy has long been used to treat physical disabilities, it is now being used more frequently to treat psychological complications such as PTSD and other com in Public bookmarkswith advocateanimalanimalsatbehaviorchanceforigorlifepetsptsdpurlantovrescuerightssecondshelterstherapytreatmentveteransvets