Mental health and well-being in animals [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Franklin D. McMillan

• Pubblicazione: Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub., 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 636.089/3; 636.0893
• Soggetto topico: Animals - Diseases; Animal health; Mental health; Veterinary medicine
• Altri autori: McMillanFranklin D
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Mental Health and Well-Being in Animals; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Foreword; Part I Foundations of Animal Mental Health and Well-Being; 1. On Understanding Animal Mentation; 2. The Question of Animal Emotions: An Ethological Perspective; 3. The Experience of Pleasure in Animals; 4. The Science of Suffering; 5. Affective-Social Neuroscience Approaches to Understanding Core Emotional Feelings in Animals; Part II Emotional Distress, Suffering, and Mental Illness; 6. Animal Boredom: Understanding the Tedium of Confined Lives ; 7. Stress, Distress, and Emotion: Distinctions and lmplications for Mental Well-Being8. Interrelationships Between Mental and Physical Health: The Mind-Body Connection; 9. Mental Illness in Animals-The Need for Precision in Terminology and Diagnostic Criteria; 10. Treatment of Emotional Distress and Disorders-Non-Phmacologic Methods; 11. Treatment of Emotional Distress and Disorders-Phmacologic Methods; 12. Emotional Maltreatment in Animals; Part III Mental Wellness; 13. The Concept of Quality of Life in Animals; 14. Giving Power to Animals; 15. Psychological Well-Being in Animals ; 16. Do Animals Experience True Happiness?17. Animal Happiness: A Philosophical View; Part IV Special Populations; 18. Mental Well-Being in Farm Animals: How They Think and Feel; 19. The Mental Health of Laboratory Animals; 20. Animal Well-Being and Research Outcomes; 21. Mental Health Issues in Captive Birds; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The past few decades have seen a virtual explosion of scientific research in the area of cognition, emotions, suffering, and mental states in animals. Studies in the field, laboratory, and clinical medical practice have amassed an overwhelming body of evidence demonstrating that mental well-being is of paramount importance in all aspects of animal care. There is no longer any reasonable doubt among researchers that mental health is of equal importance as physical health and animal well-being. Recent research convincingly shows that physical health is strongly influenced by menta
• Titolo autorizzato: Mental health and well-being in animals
• ISBN: 1-281-45016-2; 9786611450168; 0-470-38494-8; 0-470-38472-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910143830203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II