About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of dogs on mental health with expert Dr. Nancy Gee.

We have a special guest today to talk about one of our favorite topics... dogs! Most people might intuitively say that they feel like their dogs improve their mental health, but today, we look at the science with the leading expert on the subject. Dr. Nancy Gee Profile: https://medschool.vcu.edu/about/portfolio/details/geen2/ References: Dogs Supporting Human Health and Well-Being: A Biopsychosocial Approach: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33860004/ Randomized Controlled Trials: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12728353/ , https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11714157/

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Tanner Hewitt, Dr. Larry Wang, Dr. Bradley Miller

Guest: Dr. Nancy Gee

Topics covered

• dogs
• mental health
• biopsychosocial approach
• science
• human health
• well-being

Keywords

• dogs
• mental health
• biopsychosocial
• human health
• well-being
• science
• Dr. Nancy Gee

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: VCU

Books & works: Dogs Supporting Human Health and Well-Being: A Biopsychosocial Approach, Randomized Controlled Trials

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