Efficacy of Animal-assisted Therapy in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder and Addictions.

Efficacy of Animal-assisted Therapy in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder and Addictions.

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a complementary intervention of therapy that has shown positive results in the treatment of various pathologies. This study assesses the viability of the implementation and the effectiveness of an AAT program in patients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and substance abuse disorder.

Our hypotheses are that participation in the TAA program will reduce negative symptoms, improve the quality of life of people with dual pathology, whose mental illness is schizophrenia, and increase adherence to treatment for people with dual pathology, whose mental disorder it's schizophrenia.

Animal assisted therapy (AAT) is a complementary intervention to therapy that presents positive results in the treatment of different pathologies. The study assesses the implementation and effectiveness of a TAA program in patients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and substance abuse disorder.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Meeting DSM-5 criteria for substance abuse disorder and the presence of borderline personality disorder.
• Voluntary participant in the study and having signed the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients whose functioning could be altered by factors not specifically related to addictive pathology or mental disorder (severe cognitive impairment, intellectual deficiency or language barrier)
• Animal-specific phobia