The most important task for a PTSD service dog for veterans is disrupting anxiety

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/pu-tmi072220.php

News Release 22-Jul-2020
Purdue University


Science has shown that service dogs can benefit some veterans with PTSD. But the exact role service dogs play in the day-to-day lives of veterans - and the helpfulness of the tasks they perform - is less known.

A recent study led by Purdue University's College of Veterinary Medicine shows what trained tasks service dogs perform the most often and which ones are the most helpful to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. The study found that the task of disrupting episodes of anxiety ranked among the most important and most often used.

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