[Contribution of equine therapy in the management of post-traumatic stress disorder]

Abstract

For several years, animal-mediated therapies have been used in the treatment of psychiatric patients. Post-traumatic stress disorder has the particularity of being generated by an external event in a person a priori free of mental pathology. In this disorder, various so-called targeted psychotherapies have proven to be effective, including equine therapy.

Keywords: cheval; equine mediation; horse; médiation équine; post-traumatic stress disorder; prise en charge psychologique; psychological care; psychotherapy; psychothérapie; psychotrauma; psychotraumatisme; trouble de stress post-traumatique.