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People with a mental illness can qualify for an emotional support animal (ESA) letter from a licensed mental health professional, which states that the pet is part of their therapy treatment plan.
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Psychiatric service dogs can also be prescribed to help with anxiety and other mental health conditions.
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To qualify for an emotional support dog, a therapist or other licensed healthcare professional must determine whether the person has a disability and whether an emotional support dog would help alleviate symptoms of their condition.
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Authorized professionals can authorize an emotional support animal letter. Any licensed mental health professional can write ESA letters and state the pet is part of your therapy treatment plan.
Who Can Prescribe An Emotional Support Animal Letter?
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A psychiatric service dog may help someone with anxiety by: bringing medication, or water to help swallow medication, during an anxiety attack bringing a phone over during an anxiety attack,...
Can You Get a Service Dog for Anxiety? - Healthline
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To qualify for an ESD, your therapist or other licensed healthcare professional will determine whether you have a disability and whether an ESD would help alleviate symptoms of your condition.
How to Certify an Emotional Support Dog - ESA Doctors
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People with a mental illness can welcome an emotional support animal (ESA) into their lives. This furry companion showers them with love and is there during even the hardest days. To get an ESA, you first need an emotional support animal letter.
Laying Down the Law: Who Can Write an ESA Letter? | CertaPet®
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The Fair Housing Act, however, does give people with psychiatric disorders the right to live with emotional support animals in no-pet housing. But, they must obtain a letter from a health professional indicating that the animal is needed for their owner to cope with the symptoms of their mental illness.
Emotional Support Animals: The Therapist's Dilemma
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