Service dogs can alleviate some symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder for veterans, according to a study our team published in June 2024^[1] in the medical journal JAMA Network Open.

Over the past decade, our research group^[2] has been studying whether trained service dogs can help veterans with PTSD^[3] – a mental health condition that some people develop after experiencing a traumatic event^[4].

Building off our preliminary...