Adopting a pet “enhanced” the effects of anti-depressant medication for a significant minority of participants with previously treatment-resistant depression, finds a new study. By the end of the study (at the 12-week assessment), just over a third of the pet-adoption group had remission.

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Adopting a pet “enhanced” the effects of anti-depressant medication for a significant minority of participants with previously treatment-resistant depression, finds a new study. By the end of the study (at the 12-week assessment), just over a third of the pet-adoption group had remission.