Animal Assisted Intervention Publications

2024

• Dell CA, Pavelich AR, Stempien J. (2024). Therapy dogs contribute to a more ‘caring’ emergency department environment for patients with mental health and substance use challenges. CJEM. 2024 Sep 28.
• Dell, C., Kosteniuk, B., Doi, C., Chalmers, D., & Butt, P. (2024). The role of the human-canine bond in recovery from substance use disorder: A scoping review and narrative synthesis.  Human-Animal Interactions. 2024 12.1.

2023

• Smith S, Dell CA, Claypool T, Chalmers D, Khalid A. (2023). Case report: A community case study of the human-animal bond in animal-assisted therapy: the experiences of psychiatric prisoners with therapy dogs. Front Psychiatry. 14:1219305.
• Gibson M, Dell CA, Chalmers D, Rath G, Mela M. (2023). Unleashing compassionate care: canine-assisted intervention as a promising harm reduction approach to prisonization in Canada and its relevance to forensic psychiatry. Front Psychiatry. 14:1219096.
• Kosteniuk B, Dell CA, Cruz M, Chalmers D. (2023). An Experiential Approach to Canine-Assisted Learning in Corrections for Prisoners Who Use Substances. J Forensic Nurs. 19(3):197-203.
• Gibson M, Williamson L, Dell CA. (2023). Insights into Canadians’ Perceptions of Service Dogs in Public Spaces. Animals (Basel). 13(19):3091.
• Kamal AM, Dell CA, Kang T. (2023). Recognizing Zooeyia to Promote Companion Animal Welfare in Urban Bangladesh. Animals (Basel). 13(9):1523.

2022

• Scheck, H., Williamson, L., Dell, C. (2022). “Understanding Forensic Psychiatric Patients’ Experience of Virtual Animal-Assisted Therapy Sessions During the COVID-19 Pandemic”. People and Animals: The International Journal of Research and Practice. 5(1), 1-8.
• Dell, C., Mills, S., Goodfellow, H., Cruz, M. (2022). “A Novel Approach to Supporting Student Mental Health in the University Classroom with Therapy Dogs”. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health. 
• Gibson, M., Chalmers, D., Ru, S. (2022). “My Lifeline is Gone: An Exploration of the Experiences of Veterans Following the Loss of their Psychiatric Service Dogs” . Human Animal Interaction Bulletin. 11:3, 54-74.

2021

• Dell, C. (2021). Dogs as Co-researchers. In L. Kogan and P. Erdman (Eds.). Career Paths in Human-Animal Interaction for Social and Behavioural Scientists. Taylor & Francis Group.
• Gibson, M., Williamson, L., Dell, C., Chalmers, D., DeGroot, P. (2021). Insight into Social Influences on Veterans’ Use of Medical Cannabis to Manage their PTSD Symptoms. Journal of Veterans Studies. 

2020

• Kosteniuk, B. and Dell, C. (in press). How Companion Animals Support Recovery from Opioid Addiction: An Exploratory Study of Patients in a Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program. APORIA Journal. 12(1):91-108.
• Chalmers, D, Dell, C., Rohr, B., Dixon, J., Dowling, T., Hanrahan, C. (2020). Recognizing Animals as an Important Part of Helping: A Survey Exploring Knowledge and Practice Among Canadian Social Workers. Critical Social Work. 21(1).
• Reddekopp, J, Dell, C., Rohr, B., Fornssler, B., Gibson, M., Carey, B., Stempien, J. 2020. “Patient Opinion of Visiting Therapy Dogs in a Hospital Emergency Department”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Special Issue: Companion Animals. 17(8): 2968.
• Lalonde, R., Claypool, T., Dell, C.. (2020). PAWS Your Stress: The Student Experience of Therapy Dog Programming. Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education. 11(2).

2019

• Dell, C., Chalmers, D., Stobbe, M., Rohr, B., Husband, A. (2019). Animal Assisted Therapy in a Canadian Psychiatric Prison. International Journal of Prisoner Health. 15(3), 209-231.
• Dell, C., Chalmers, D., Cole, D., Dixon, J. (2019). Accessing Relational Connections in Prison: An Evaluation of the John Ambulance Therapy Dog Program at Stony Mountain Institution. The Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research. 8, 13-68.
• Husband, A., Ahmed, A., & Dell, C (2019). An exploratory case study of the impact of psychiatric service dogs on problematic substance use among PTSD-diagnosed veterans. Journal of Substance Use.

2018

• Anna-Belle the Therapy Dog, with the assistance of C. Dell, G. Sewap, B. McAllister, J. Bachiu. (2018). “She Makes Me Feel Comfortable”: Understanding the Impacts of Animal Assisted Therapy at a Methadone Clinic. Canadian Journal of Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research. 9:57-65.
• Dell, D. Chalmers, J. Gillett, M. Steeves, B. Rohr, B. Fornssler, A. Husband, H. McKenzie, O. Iwajomo, C. Nickel. (2018). Effects of a Therapy Dog Program on the Wellbeing of Older Veterans Living in a Long Term Care Residence. Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin. 6(2),83-102.

2015

• Adams C, Arratoon C, Boucher J, Cartier G, Chalmers D, Dell CA, Dell D, Dryka D, Duncan R, Dunn K, Hopkins C, Longclaws L, MacKinnon T, Sauve E, Spence S, Wuttunee M. (2015). The Helping Horse: How Equine Assisted Learning Contributes to the Wellbeing of First Nations Youth in Treatment for Volatile Substance Misuse. Hum Anim Interact Bull. 1(1):52-75.
• Chalmers D, Dell CA. (2015). Applying One Health to the Study of Animal-Assisted Interventions. Ecohealth. 12(4):560-2.
• Dell CA, Poole N. (2015). Taking a PAWS to Reflect on How the Work of a Therapy Dog Supports a Trauma-Informed Approach to Prisoner Health. J Forensic Nurs. 11(3):167-73.
• Dell CA. (2015). Questioning “Fluffy”: A Dog’s Eye View of Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI) in the Treatment of Substance Misuse. Subst Use Misuse. 50(8-9):1148-52.
• C. Dell, D. Chalmers, J. Gillett, B. Rohr, C. Nickel, L. Campbell, R. Hanoski, J. Haguerud, A. Husband, C. Stephenson, M. Brydges. (2015). PAWSing student stress: A Pilot Study of the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog Program on Three Canadian Campuses. Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy. 49:4, pp. 332-359.

2011 and earlier

• Chalmers and C. Dell. (2011). Equine-Assisted Therapy as an Adjunct to Solvent Abuse Treatment for First Nations Youth: A Key Consideration for Building an Empirical Knowledge Base. Native Studies Review. Special invitation. 20(1), pp. 59-87.
• C. Dell, D. Chalmers, N. Bresette, S. Swain, D. Rankin, C. Hopkins. (2011). A Healing Space: The Experiences of First Nations and Inuit Youth with Equine-Assisted Learning (EAL). Child and Youth Care Forum. 40(2), pp. 319-336.
• Dell, D. Chalmers, D. Dell, E. Sauve, T. MacKinnon. (2008). Horse as Healer: An Examination of Equine Assisted Learning in the Healing of First Nations Youth from Solvent Abuse. Pimitisiwin: A Journal of Indigenous and Aboriginal Community Health. 6(10), pp. 81-106.