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Animal madness : how anxious dogs, compulsive parrots, and elephants in recovery help us understand ourselves / Laurel Braitman

This study analyses the psychological parallels between humans and other animals, focusing on the manifestation of mental illness across species. It explores how animals recover from emotional distress and what these similarities reveal about human mental health.

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