Emotional Support Animals: The Basics [English and Spanish versions]
dc.contributor.author | Gatesy-Davis, Anwyn | |
dc.date | 2022-08-11T08:10:17.000 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-23T17:02:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-08-23T17:02:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-07-20 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2021-07-20 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.7191/pib.1169 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/44294 | |
dc.description.abstract | An Emotional Support Animal (ESA) is an animal that provides therapeutic benefit (e.g., emotional support, comfort, companionship) to a person with a mental health or psychiatric disability (such as a serious mental health condition). An ESA is not considered a Service Animal, but under U.S. law, an emotional support animal is also not considered a pet and is generally not restricted by the type of animal.1, 2 Any domesticated animal may be considered as an ESA (e.g., cats, dogs, mice, rabbits, birds, hedgehogs, rats, minipigs, ferrets, etc.) and they can be any age. However, an ESA must be able to be manageable in public and does not create a nuisance. In this tip sheet we describe what an Emotional Support Animal is an is not as well as how someone can look into getting one. See also the companion tip sheet: Can I Bring My Emotional Support Animal to College with Me? | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.rights | © 2021 University of Massachusetts Medical School. | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ | |
dc.subject | Rehabilitation/Recovery | |
dc.subject | Transition Age Youth | |
dc.subject | Emotional Support Animals | |
dc.subject | ESA | |
dc.subject | pets | |
dc.subject | service dogs | |
dc.subject | mental health | |
dc.subject | therapy animal | |
dc.subject | service animal | |
dc.subject | young adults | |
dc.title | Emotional Support Animals: The Basics [English and Spanish versions] | |
dc.type | Transitions ACR | |
dc.identifier.legacyfulltext | https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1169&context=pib&unstamped=1 | |
dc.identifier.legacycoverpage | https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/pib/vol18/iss4/1 | |
dc.identifier.contextkey | 23935130 | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-08-23T17:02:50Z | |
html.description.abstract | <p>An Emotional Support Animal (ESA) is an animal that provides therapeutic benefit (e.g., emotional support, comfort, companionship) to a person with a mental health or psychiatric disability (such as a serious mental health condition). An ESA is not considered a Service Animal, but under U.S. law, an emotional support animal is also not considered a pet and is generally not restricted by the type of animal.1, 2 Any domesticated animal may be considered as an ESA (e.g., cats, dogs, mice, rabbits, birds, hedgehogs, rats, minipigs, ferrets, etc.) and they can be any age. However, an ESA must be able to be manageable in public and does not create a nuisance. In this tip sheet we describe what an Emotional Support Animal is an is not as well as how someone can look into getting one.</p> <p>See also the companion tip sheet: <a href="https://doi.org/10.7191/pib.1170" target="_blank" title="Can I Bring My Emotional Support Animal to College with Me">Can I Bring My Emotional Support Animal to College with Me</a>?</p> | |
dc.identifier.submissionpath | pib/vol18/iss4/1 |